Reminding child cyclists about safety gesturesShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: Proceedings - Pervasive Displays 2020: 9th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays, PerDis 2020, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , 2020, p. 1-7Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Cycling safety gestures, such as hand signals and shoulder checks, are an essential part of safe manoeuvring on the road. Child cyclists, in particular, might have difficulties performing safety gestures on the road or even forget about them, given the lack of cycling experience, road distractions and differences in motor and perceptual-motor abilities compared with adults. To support them, we designed two methods to remind about safety gestures while cycling. The first method employs an icon-based reminder in heads-up display (HUD) glasses and the second combines vibration on the handlebar and ambient light in the helmet. We investigated the performance of both methods in a controlled test-track experiment with 18 children using a mid-size tricycle, augmented with a set of sensors to recognize children's behavior in real time. We found that both systems are successful in reminding children about safety gestures and have their unique advantages and disadvantages.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , 2020. p. 1-7
Keywords [en]
child cyclists, cycling safety, HUD glasses, safety gestures
National Category
Computer Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-335653DOI: 10.1145/3393712.3394120ISI: 000628652700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85085913074OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-335653DiVA, id: diva2:1795191
Conference
9th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays, PerDis 2020, Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Jun 4 2020 - Jun 5 2020
Note
Part of ISBN 9781450379861
QC 20230907
2023-09-072023-09-072023-09-07Bibliographically approved