The association of distraction and caution displayed by pedestrians at a lighted crosswalk
The association of distraction and caution displayed by pedestrians at a lighted crosswalk
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DOI：
10.1007/s10900-005-3705-4
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发表时间：
2005-08-01
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Henry, LJ
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作者：
Bungum, TJ;Day, C;Henry, LJ
近年来，行人的死亡率和受伤率有所下降，但仍然存在公共卫生问题，每年约有5000名行人死亡。由于行人已被证明是负责任或部分责任的许多事故中，他们参与，我们试图评估分心的步行和执行日常的行人过忙碌街道的谨慎行为的关系在西南城市的交叉口，毗邻一所大学。当行人走过一条105英尺宽的街道时，经过训练的观察者记录了866个人的行为，街道上有停车灯和斑马线。我们将分心的行人定义为那些戴着耳机、打手机、吃东西、喝酒、抽烟或在过马路时说话的人。注意程度是通过左右看，只有在白色通行灯亮起时才进入人行横道来衡量的。我们发现，只有13.5%的行人在白色灯闪烁时左右看了看并进入人行横道。大约20%的步行者在过马路时会分心。回归分析表明，分心是负相关的，但弱相关，显示谨慎的行人行为。由于交通灯经常被忽视，缺乏谨慎是由分心预测，我们建议廉价的教育工作的目标是大学校园附近的行人。
The rates of deaths and injuries among pedestrians have fallen in recent years, but still remain public health problems as about 5000 pedestrians die each year. Because pedestrians have been shown to be responsible or partially responsible for many of the crashes in which they are involved, we sought to assess the relationship of distracted walking and performing routine cautionary behaviors of pedestrians crossing a busy street in a southwestern city at an intersection, adjacent a university. The behavior of 866 individuals was recorded by trained observers as pedestrians walked across a 105-foot wide street served by a stop light and zebra painted crosswalk. We defined distracted pedestrians as those wearing headphones, talking on a cell phone, eating, drinking, smoking or talking as they crossed the street. Caution was measured by looking left and right, and entering the crosswalk only when the white proceed light was illuminated. We found that only 13.5% of walkers looked left and right and entered the crosswalk while the white light was flashing. Approximately 20% of walkers were distracted as they crossed the street. Regression analysis indicated that distraction was negatively, but weakly associated with displaying cautious pedestrian behaviors. Because traffic lights were routinely ignored and lack of caution was predicted by distraction, we suggest that inexpensive education efforts target pedestrians near college campuses.