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YI Xuanxuan, PAN Ting, HE Shiming. A Study on the Influence of Side Wall Effect of Urban Tunnel on Driver's Eye Movement and Behavior Characteristics[J]. Journal of Transport Information and Safety, 2025, 43(3): 66-73. doi: 10.3963/j.jssn.1674-4861.2025.03.007
Citation: YI Xuanxuan, PAN Ting, HE Shiming. A Study on the Influence of Side Wall Effect of Urban Tunnel on Driver's Eye Movement and Behavior Characteristics[J]. Journal of Transport Information and Safety, 2025, 43(3): 66-73. doi: 10.3963/j.jssn.1674-4861.2025.03.007

A Study on the Influence of Side Wall Effect of Urban Tunnel on Driver's Eye Movement and Behavior Characteristics

doi: 10.3963/j.jssn.1674-4861.2025.03.007
  • Received Date: 2024-07-20
    Available Online: 2025-10-11
  • To investigate the influence of tunnel sidewalls on drivers' visual characteristics and driving behavior across different lanes in a three-lane urban tunnel, a field driving experiment was conducted involving 25 drivers. Both visual and driving behavior indicators were collected. Visual indicators included gaze distribution ratios and gaze entropy values, reflecting drivers' attention allocation strategies. Driving behavior indicators, such as lateral offset and lateral acceleration, were used to evaluate drivers' lateral vehicle control ability. The results showed significant differences in attention allocation strategies and lateral control capabilities among drivers in different lanes. Compared with the middle lane, drivers in the left and right lanes allocated more attention to the sidewall on their respective sides. Specifically, drivers in the right lane allocated approximately 12% of their attention to the right tunnel wall, while drivers in the left lane allocated nearly 15% to the left wall. In contrast, drivers in the middle lane only allocated about 5% of their attention to either sidewall. Drivers' behavioral responses to the tunnel sidewalls also varied significantly across lanes. Vehicles in the left lane typically deviated from 0.25 to 0.34 meters to the right of the lane centerline, with lateral acceleration ranging from 0.17 to 0.21 m/s2. In the middle lane, vehicles tended to shift slightly to the left, with lateral offsets of 0.12 to 0.19 meters and lateral acceleration between 0.08 and 0.13 m/s2.Similarly, vehicles in the right lane also exhibited leftward deviation, with offsets ranging from 0.17 to 0.24 meters and lateral acceleration between 0.14 and 0.20 m/s2. Overall, the tunnel sidewalls had the greatest impact on the visual search efficiency and lateral control ability of drivers in the left lane, making it the lane with the highest driving risk, followed by the right lane, while the middle lane posed the lowest risk.

     

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