Austroads has published a report which highlights innovative ways of reducing driver fatigue.
The report is titled “Innovative Road Safety Measures to Address Fatigue: Review of Research and Results from a Treatment Trial”, and was published in April 2011. The research resulted from Austroads studies that showed that fatigue was a major contributing factor to rural and remote area crashes. The research focussed on the following categories:
Some of the key areas that were identified that could address the above were as follows:
The report can be found under the publications section of the Austroads website. Source: www.austroads.com.au
The report is titled “Innovative Road Safety Measures to Address Fatigue: Review of Research and Results from a Treatment Trial”, and was published in April 2011. The research resulted from Austroads studies that showed that fatigue was a major contributing factor to rural and remote area crashes. The research focussed on the following categories:
- Providing rest opportunities and encouraging drivers to use them
- Advising drivers of the need to rest
- Reducing monotony for drivers
- Alerting drivers to specific hazards
- Helping to avoid departure from the roadway
- Alerting drivers to their departure from the roadway
- Protecting drivers if they do depart from the roadway
Some of the key areas that were identified that could address the above were as follows:
- Improving signage for rest opportunities
- Anti-monotony roadside designs, such as roadside art and landscaping, to provide mental stimulation
- Warning signs and road markings
- Vehicle activated and variable messages that provide warnings, but don’t allow the driver to become habituated to them
- Transverse audio-tactile treatments as an alerting device (such as rumble strips across the road surface)
The report can be found under the publications section of the Austroads website. Source: www.austroads.com.au