EVALUATION OF THE MEASURING SYSTEM FOR RECORDING DRIVER REACTION TIME IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

J. Ogorevc, A. Cop, G. Geršak, J. Drnovšek

Abstract

Measuring system for recording driver reaction time was built, where computer sound card was used as a data acquisition system. An experiment in virtual environment was performed to evaluate proposed measuring system. Measured values of reaction time were similar to reported values of studies in real-world on public roads. In addition, significant changes of recorded physiological parameters during experiment indicate that subjects responded similar to the real-world situations. From our results we can conclude that the built low-cost measuring system was sufficient to detect response of a driver to a hazardous situation and is ready to be tested in real-world situations.

Keywords

traffic safety, reaction time, evaluation, virtual environment, psychophysiology

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TC18 - Measurement of Human Functions

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