Estimating Utility Function of In-Vehicle Traffic Safety Information Incorporating Driver's Short-Term Memory

운전자 단기기억 특성을 고려한 차내 교통안전정보의 효용함수 추정

  • 김원철 (일본 히로시마대학교 국제협력대학원) ;
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  • 이수범 (서울시립대학교 교통공학과)
  • Received : 2008.10.24
  • Accepted : 2009.06.16
  • Published : 2009.08.31

Abstract

Most traffic information that drivers receive while driving are stored in their short-term memory and disappear within a few seconds. Contemporary modeling approaches using a dummy variable can't fully explain this phenomenon. As such, this study proposes to use utility functions of real-time in-vehicle traffic safety information (IVTSI), analyzing its safety impacts based on empirical data from an on-site driving experiment at signalized intersection approach with a limited visibility. For this, a driving stability evaluation model is developed based on driver's driving speed choice, applying an ordered probit model. To estimate the specified utility functions, the model simultaneously accounts for various factors, such as traffic operation, geometry, road environment, and driver's characteristics. The results show three significant facts. First, a normal density function (exponential function) is appropriate to explain the utility of IVTSI proposed under study over time. Second, the IVTSI remains in driver's short-term memory for up to nearly 22 second after provision, decreasing over time. Three, IVTSI provision appears more important than the geometry factor but less than the traffic operation factor.

도로 주행중 제공된 교통정보는 운전자의 단기기억에 저장되고 이는 수초가 지나면 기억에서 사라진다. 정보제공의 효과 평가시 더미변수를 이용하는 기존방법으로는 이러한 현상을 반영할 수 없는 한계가 있다. 보다 적절한 평가를 위해서, 본 연구는 전방 시야가 제약된 도심 신호교차로 접근로에서 실시한 주행실험 자료를 토대로 운전자의 단기기억을 고려한 차내 교통안전정보의 효용함수 특성화와 안전도 평가방법론을 제안한다. 이를 위해서, 운전자의 속도선택에 기초한 주행 안정성 평가모형을 순서 프로빗모형으로 개발하고, 교통운영, 기하구조, 도로환경, 운전자 요소를 동시에 고려하여 차내 교통안전정보의 효용함수를 추정하였다. 분석결과, 본 연구에서 제안한 차내 교통안전정보의 효용을 설명하는데 정규밀도 함수(지수함수)가 적합하고, 효용은 약 22초 동안 유지되며, 크기는 시간증가에 따라 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 차내 실시간 교통안전정보의 중요도는 교통운영요소 보다는 낮고 기하구조요소 보다는 높은 것으로 분석되었다.

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