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Can child-pedestrians’ hazard perception skills be enhanced? |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Industrial Engineering & Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B. 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel;2. Faculty of Management of Technology, HIT Holon Institute of Technology, P.O.B. 305, Holon 5810201, Israel;1. Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan, Largo A. Gemelli 1, 20123 Milan, Italy;2. Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q), Queensland University of Technology, 130 Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059, Australia;1. School of Automobile and Traffic Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, Anhui, PR China;2. School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;3. School of Mechanical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, Anhui, PR China;4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong;1. School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia;2. School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Brisbane, Australia |
| Abstract: | ObjectiveTraffic collisions yield a substantial rate of morbidity and injury among child-pedestrians. We explored the formation of an innovative hazard perception training intervention – Child-pedestrians Anticipate and Act Hazard Perception Training (CA2HPT). Training was based upon enhancing participants’ ability to anticipate potential hazards by exposing them to an array of traffic scenes viewed from different angles.MethodTwenty-four 7–9-year-olds have participated. Trainees underwent a 40-min intervention of observing typical residential traffic scenarios in a simulated dome projection environment while engaging in a hazard detection task. Trainees were encouraged to note differences between the scenarios presented to them from separate angles (a pedestrian's point-of-view and a higher perspective angle). Next, trainees and control group members were required to perform crossing decision tasks.ResultsTrainees were found to be more aware of potential hazards related to restricted field of view relative to control.ConclusionsChild pedestrians are responsive to training and actively detecting materialized hazards may enrich child-pedestrians’ ability to cross roads. |
| Keywords: | Hazard perception Traffic crashes Children Educational intervention Skills Road crossing |
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