Warnings and Pedestrian Behavior: A Case Study of Unintended Effects

We examine a case in which contradictory behaviors to a single safety stimulus occur even though the information content of the warning appears to have been correctly understood. Observations of pedestrian behavior at a grade crossing with active signals are reported. Some pedestrians often ignored...

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