Journal of Korean Society of Transportation (대한교통학회지)

Korean Society of Transportation (대한교통학회)
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Development and Validation of Situation Awareness Tests for Commercial Drivers

사업용 운전자를 위한 상황인식 검사의 개발과 타당화

  • Received : 2011.07.11
  • Accepted : 2011.08.17
  • Published : 2011.12.31
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Abstract

This research aimed to investigate whether commercial drivers' situation awareness ability is related to their frequency and magnitude of caused accidents and penalty points. For the purpose of measuring drivers' situation perception and interpretation capacities, two tests named 'situation awareness test' and 'hazard perception test' were developed. The tests were based on the data from 299 commercial drivers (test drivers) using a driving simulator. The outcome of drivers' performance on situation awareness and hazard perception tests was designed to be categorized into 5 grades, classifying the best as grade 1 and the worst as grade 5. As the result, low grades on situation awareness test had positive relationship with accumulated penalty points, frequency of accidents and safety index. Grades on hazard perception test were also positively correlated with accident frequency and safety indices. This suggests situation awareness ability of commercial drivers is significantly related to traffic violations and accident causing tendencies.

본 연구는 사업용 운전자들의 상황인식 능력이 사고 유발 회수나 심각성, 벌점 등과 관련성이 있는지 알아보기 위한 목적을 가지고 진행되었다. 이를 위해 상황인식의 지각 단계와 이해 단계의 능력을 측정하기 위한 상황지각 검사와 위험판단 검사를 제작하고, 운전정밀 특별검사 대상자인 사업용 운전자 228명에게 새로 개발된 시뮬레이터 기기를 이용하여 상황지각 검사와 위험판단 검사를 시행하였다. 개발된 과제의 수행 결과는 최종 5등급으로 판정이 내려지도록 설계되었는데 가장 수행이 좋은 경우 1등급, 수행이 나쁜 경우 5등급 판정을 받도록 하였다. 연구 결과, 상황지각 검사에서의 저조한 등급은 누산벌점과 사고 다발도, 안전도 지수와 정적인 상관이 있었으며 위험판단 검사의 등급은 사고 다발도와 안전도 지수와 정적인 상관이 있었다. 이는 사업용 운전자들의 상황인식 능력이 법규위반 및 사고 유발 경향과 관련이 있음을 보여준다.

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