Human Factors and Safety team @ITSLeeds

In line with the University updates, we will no longer be actively posting on this account. You can find us on other platforms: Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity.

@HFS_ITSLeeds @RuthMadigan1 @DrYeeMunLee @NatashaMerat Manuscript released from #wrro eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/205140/ #OpenAccess

We had the pleasure of welcoming Toshiya Hirose from Shibaura Institute of Technology back to @VirtuocityLeeds today with some of his students.

💡New publication: Using driver monitoring to estimate readiness in automation: a conceptual model based on simulator experimental data by Rafael C. Gonçalves, @DrCMGoodridge, @JonnyKuo, @DrMikeLenne, & @NatashaMerat. doi.org/10.1007/s10111…

It is well known that young novice drivers have a higher risk of being involved in a crash. With @RuthMadigan1, we will work on a tool to improve hazard anticipation skills, thanks to the support of @TheRSTrust. @HFS_ITSLeeds, @VirtuocityLeeds, @ITSLeeds, @EnvLeeds

Our team is working on a new project to improve young drivers' ability to anticipate hazards. Congratulations to @RuthMadigan1 for leading this impactful project, and good luck to the team (@ibrahiim_ozturk, @JGarciaDePedro, @VirtuocityLeeds).

Would you like to help us understand and improve road safety in West Yorkshire? We invite you to take part in our upcoming focus group to discuss road safety issues and brainstorm solutions. We aim to explore road safety issues, identify challenges faced by different road users.

🚗 New publication⚠️ "User evaluation of comfortable deceleration profiles for highly automated driving: Findings from a test track study" doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.…

📢New publication alert Happy to announce the release of our new paper, "Investigating the Relationship Between Mood and Driver Behaviors: Mediating Roles of Perceived Stress and Driving Anger". doi.org/10.1024/2673-8…

🚗 Just published! Discover how emotionality and private self-consciousness influence cognitive appraisal in anger-provoking driving situations. Our study, focusing on Chinese drivers, reveals key insights: doi.org/10.1080/233119…

We are really looking forward to the DDI2024, where we will have a number of presentations from team members, as well as a keynote from @NatashaMerat. Hope to see you there! - ddi2024.org

We are looking forward to hosting the 20th International Road Safety on Five Continents conference #RS5C2025 in collaboration with @vtisweden next year! Call for Abstracts opens on September 2, 2024. Save the date: 🔗vti.se/en/rs5c 🔗environment.leeds.ac.uk/events/event/6…

Exciting opportunity for international collaboration. @ITSLeeds and @HFS_ITSLeeds would be happy to support colleagues interested in this call. Please do not hesitate to contact us.

Excellent talk from @RuthMadigan1 and Yue Yang, overviewing the Pedestrian – AV interaction: 5 years of HIKER studies @VirtuocityLeeds.

3rd Human-Centered VRU Simulation Workshop started with a keynote speech by Professor Shimul Haque from the Queensland University of Technology (@QUT)

This week marks 30 years since Virtuocity's first driving simulator study. 🚘 The refurbished simulator will be relaunched this week at a celebratory event. Find out more: environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/5…

You can still register for the 3rd Human-Centered VRU Simulation Workshop. Please see the programme and registration information below. uolds.leeds.ac.uk/news/3rd-vru-w… @ITSLeeds @EnvLeeds

by Wei Lyu, @DrYeeMunLee, @DrChinebuli, @RuthMadigan1, Rafael C. Gonçalves, @JGarciaDePedro, Richard Romano, @NatashaMerat Full text: doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.…

🚦New publication alert! "A distributed simulation study to investigate pedestrians’ road-crossing decisions and head movements in response to different vehicle kinematics in mixed traffic"

🚦New publication alert! "Interpreting pedestrians' head movements when encountering automated vehicles at a virtual crossroad" by Yue Yang, @DrYeeMunLee, @RuthMadigan1, Albert Solernou, & @NatashaMerat. Key findings 👇 Full text: doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.…