Identificación de riesgos viales y toma de decisiones de conductores no experimentados en carreteras de montaña de dos carriles mediante el uso de videos

Abstract

Abstract:Traffic accidents are one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In Ecuador, a large part of its roads cross mountainous areas, in which, due to their own characteristics, they are more prone to the occurrence of accidents. The objective of this research is to identify the perception of danger of inexperienced drivers based on the geometric characteristics of the roads, before and after a driver training through the use of videos of two-lane rural roads in mountainous environments. To identify the risks on the roads, the iRAP methodology was applied, which is based on a star rating from 1 to 5 (1 being the most risky and 5 being the safest). To evaluate the perception of the danger of the drivers, an initial evaluation with 4 photographs was used, then a training and finally an evaluation of 8 videos that were visualized for a time of 2 seconds. To evaluate the perception of the danger of the drivers, the liket scale from 1 to 10 was used, with 1 being the most dangerous and 10 being the safest.