Research Article

Accelerated Failure Time Model to Explore the Perception Response Times of Drivers in Simulated Car-Following Scenarios

Table 1

Definition of independent variables.

VariablesDescriptions

Individual factors
 GenderFemale: 1; male: 0
 Age groupMature (25–40): 1; young (<25): 0
 Level of WMC (OSPAN score)Top quartile (63–75): 3; second quartile (57–62): 2; third quartile (41–56): 1; bottom quartile (13–40): 0

Situational factors
 Level of cognitive loadCognitive load: 1; baseline load: 0
 Initial time headway (second)Continuous variables: mean = 1.527; std. = 0.520; range = (0.517, 2.952)
 Lead vehicle deceleration rate0.6 g: 1; 0.3 g: 0