@misc{10481/56623,
year = {2017},
month = {6},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/56623},
abstract = {The rationale behind most car-following (CF) models is the possibility to appraise and formalize how drivers
naturally follow each other. Characterizing and parametrizing Normative Driving Behavior (NDB) became major
goals, especially during the last 25 years. Most CF models assumed driver propensity for constant, safe distance is
axiomatic. This paper challenges the idea of safety distance as the main parameter defining a unique (or natural)
NDB. Instead, it states drivers can adapt to reactive and proactive car following. Drawing on recent CF models
close to the Nagoya paradigm and on other phenomena (e.g., wave movement in Nature), we conceived car
following by Driving to keep Inertia (DI) as an alternative to Driving to keep Distance (DD). On a driving
simulator, three studies (N ¼ 113) based on a repeated-measures experimental design explored the efficiency of
these elementary techniques by measuring individual driver performance (e.g., accelerations, decelerations,
average speed, distance to leader). Drivers easily grasped and applied either technique and easily switched back
and forth between the two. As an overall indicator, all the studies revealed DI trips use about 20% less fuel than
DD trips do.},
organization = {Support came from
Fundación Universitaria Antonio Gargallo y Obra Social Ibercaja, Spain
(grant 2015/B011)},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {Car-following models},
keywords = {Driver behavior},
keywords = {Driving techniques},
keywords = {Psychological paradigms},
title = {Car following: Comparing distance-oriented vs. inertia-oriented driving techniques},
doi = {10.1016/j.tranpol.2017.05.008},
author = {Blanch Micó, Mª Teresa and Lucas Alba, Antonio and Bellés Rivera, Teresa and Ferruz Gracia, Ana Mª and Melchor Galán, Óscar M. and Delgado Pastor, Luis Carlos and Ruíz Jiménez, Francisco and Chóliz Montañés, Mariano},
}