Using Eye Tracking to Assess the Temporal Dynamics By Which Drivers Notice Cyclists in Daylight
Darlene E. Edewaard, Richard A. Tyrrell, Andrew T. Duchowski, Ellen C. Szubski, Savana L. King · ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications · 2020
Bicyclists face the risk of being involved in collisions with motor vehicles on roadways. This experiment used eye tracking technology to better understand how drivers notice bicyclists in daylight. Participants searched for bicyclists while wearing a head-mounted eye tracker, as they were driven along an open-road route that included a test bicyclist during the daytime. Participants pressed buttons when they detected that a bicyclist might be present in or near the roadway and when they were confident that a bicyclist was present. Through the use of eye tracking technology, this experiment provided a better understanding of the differences among the distances from which participants glance at, detect, and recognize bicyclists in daytime roadways.