To enable the drivers to see the tunnel portal early,
adapt to environmental changes early, and make driving decisions early, the
sight distance, sight zone, and traffic safety in the tunnel entrance sections
are analyzed, a concept of linear guiding system is established using common
linear visual guiding facilities such as retroreflective rings, retroreflective
strip, and elastic traffic column, and the improving methods in tunnel entrance
sections based on linear guiding are proposed. Additionally, the data of gaze
position at daytime and nighttime are collected through indoor simulation
tests, and the fixation zone is divided into 5 categories to analyze the visual
transfer characteristics of the gaze points in each zone and evaluate the
effect before and after the improvement of the tunnel entrance zone. The
results reveal the following: (1) The linear guiding system in tunnels has the
characteristics of diverse forms, large size, prominent contour, and scattered
light, which can improve the safety of tunnel lighting at a low cost. (2)
Before the tunnel entrance zone is improved, the drivers′ gaze points probably appear near the front. (3) After the improvement, the
drivers′ gaze points probably appear far ahead,
indicating that the improvement scheme makes the drivers′ sight distance sufficient. The change of fixation probability in
the main distribution zone of fixation points after improvement is more
moderate than that before improvement, indicating that the change of drivers′ sight zone has been alleviated.
SHI Zhengbao, HE Fucheng, WANG Shoushuo, HUANG Ting, DU Zhigang
. Traffic Safety Optimization of Entrance Section in
Highway Tunnels Based on Linear Guiding[J]. Tunnel Construction, 2022
, 42(S1)
: 136
-146
.
DOI: 10.3973/j.issn.2096-4498.2022.S1.016