School Bus Lighting Effectiveness and Improvements: Results from a Driving Experiment

Devon Farmer, Yeonjung Song, Panju Shin, Hyun Kim (), Sanjay Tandan and Jun Lee
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Devon Farmer: Transportation & ICT Convergence Research Center, Korea National University of Transportation (KNUT), 50 Deahak-ro, Chungju-si 27469, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea
Yeonjung Song: Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University, 2-1 Rokkodaicho, Nada, Kobe 657-0013, Hyogo, Japan
Panju Shin: Transportation & ICT Convergence Research Center, Korea National University of Transportation (KNUT), 50 Deahak-ro, Chungju-si 27469, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea
Hyun Kim: Transportation & ICT Convergence Research Center, Korea National University of Transportation (KNUT), 50 Deahak-ro, Chungju-si 27469, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea
Sanjay Tandan: Transportation & ICT Convergence Research Center, Korea National University of Transportation (KNUT), 50 Deahak-ro, Chungju-si 27469, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea
Jun Lee: Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI), 176, Cheoldobangmulgwan-ro (Woram-dong), Uiwang-si 16105, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 2, 1-19

Abstract: In Korea, drivers should come to a complete halt and proceed cautiously when encountering a school bus displaying its red warning lights and other safety features, a requirement that is often disregarded in practice. The reason for this might stem from a lack of awareness about the law, and we set out to investigate whether an innovative lighting system employing road projections or VMS could encourage compliance. We found that while 63% of drivers in surveys indicated they would correctly stop when approaching a stopped school bus, in driving experiments, we found that only 18% of drivers did. Our study also uncovered a knowledge gap, with just 53% to 60% of respondents correctly answering basic about the purpose of existing lighting and laws related to school buses. With on-road experiments, when we introduced road projection systems for enhanced non-connected vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, we found that understanding would increase and compliance could increase by up to 77% (from surveys) and 93% (in road tests); these findings underscore the potential of road projections or potentially VMS as effective V2V tools for enhancing road safety in proximity to school buses.

Keywords: school bus safety; road projection; road safety; school transportation; lighting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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