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  • Visual Perception

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  • Understanding driver visual behavior is crucial for road safety.
  • Road markings convey essential information for navigation and hazard perception.
  • Previous research has explored eye movements but lacked detailed analysis of fixation patterns during road marking recognition.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how drivers' eye fixations change before, during, and after recognizing road markings.
  • To correlate these fixation changes with driving speed, visual complexity, cognitive functions, and demographics.
  • To provide insights for optimizing road marking design and placement.

Main Methods:

  • Tracking eye movements of 20 licensed drivers viewing road markings (digits and characters) in on-board videos.
  • Analyzing fixation positions and dispersions.
  • Correlating fixation data with driving speed, marking characteristics, cognitive functions, and demographics.

Main Results:

  • Fixations shifted from horizontally dispersed to vertically concentrated during recognition, moving higher.
  • Fixation narrowing occurred during recognition, indicating increased focus.
  • Longer fixations correlated with slower speeds for digit markings and more characters for character markings.

Conclusions:

  • Drivers exhibit a scanning pattern that broadens initially and then concentrates on road markings as they approach.
  • Road marking design should consider optimal placement (central/lower for essential info, higher for detail) based on natural gaze patterns.
  • Clarity and brevity in central positions are vital for rapid recognition in high-speed driving.