Examining vehicle interactions during a vehicle-following manoeuvre

Seyed Kayvan Aghabayk Eagely, William Young, Majid Sarvi, Yibing Wang

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Abstract

Heavy vehicles are significantly longer and heavier than passenger cars and consequently have quite different acceleration and braking capabilities. Heavy vehicle manoeuvres are therefore likely to influence drivers' vehicle-following behaviour differently to cars. Heavy vehicles can also influence the behaviour of drivers of other vehicles while following a heavy vehicle. This paper used data obtained from the Interstate-80 in California to show the impacts of the presence of heavy vehicles in a traffic stream on the vehicle-following behaviour of car and heavy vehicle drivers. Four vehicle-following combinations, based on the vehicle classes of the leader and subject vehicle, are considered in this study. These combinations are car-car, car-heavy vehicle, heavy vehicle-car and heavy vehicle-heavy vehicle. The study analyses the space and time headways, driver's reaction time and vehicle acceleration for the four vehicle-following combinations. The results highlight the different behaviour of the vehicles in the four combinations. In summary, the presence of heavy vehicles results in a larger headways, longer reaction time and smaller variation in acceleration variation during vehicle-following behaviour. Further research is required to determine the underlying reasons for these differences.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAustralasian Transport Research Forum 2011 Proceedings
EditorsDr Peter Tisato, Dr Frank Primerano, Dr Nicholas Holyoak, Mr Lindsay Oxlad
Place of PublicationAdelaide SA
PublisherAustralasian Transport Research Forum
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9780759001695
Publication statusPublished - 2011
EventAustralasian Transport Research Forum 2011 - Hilton Hotel Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Duration: 28 Sept 201130 Sept 2011
Conference number: 34th
https://www.australasiantransportresearchforum.org.au/papers/2011 (Proceedings)

Conference

ConferenceAustralasian Transport Research Forum 2011
Abbreviated titleATRF 2011
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityAdelaide
Period28/09/1130/09/11
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Australasian Transport Research Forum 2011 Proceedings
28 - 30 September 2011, Adelaide, Australia
Publication website: http://www.patrec.org/atrf.aspx
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Keywords

  • Car following
  • Heavy vehicle
  • Vehicle following
  • Vehicle interaction

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