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Feldstudie zur Erprobung einer Vorderen Bremsleuchte am Flughafen Berlin-Tegel

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Merlin Monzel at University of Bonn
Merlin Monzel
Kristof Keidel at University of Bonn
Kristof Keidel
Wolfgang Schubert
Wolfgang Schubert
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Rainer Banse at University of Bonn
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Kann die Vordere Bremsleuchte Fußgängern und anderen Verkehrsteilnehmern die Wahrnehmung kritischer Verkehrssituationen erleichtern und so die Verkehrssicherheit erhöhen? In einer längsschnittlichen Feldstudie wurde überprüft, welche Effekte die Vordere Bremsleuchte in einem abgeschlossenen Verkehrsbereich, dem luftseitigen Teil des Flughafens Berlin-Tegel (TXL), auf die Verkehrssicherheit hat. Dafür wurden 102 Fahrzeuge für einen Zeitraum von dreieinhalb Monaten mit einer Vorderen Bremsleuchte ausgestattet und 197 Mitarbeiter vor und nach dieser Testphase zu ihren Erfahrungen mit und ihrer Einstellung zu der Vorderen Bremsleuchte befragt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Vordere Bremsleuchte nur selten zu Situationen geführt hat, in denen es zu Missverständnissen kam, und häufiger zu Situationen, in denen sie die wahrgenommene Verkehrssicherheit erhöht hat. Die Einstellung zur Vorderen Bremsleuchte war schon in der ersten Befragung sehr positiv und verbesserte sich darüber hinaus signifikant über die dreieinhalb Monate des Feldversuches hinweg. Insgesamt beurteilt eine große Mehrheit der Versuchsteilnehmer die Vordere Bremsleuchte nach praktischer Erfahrung positiv und ist der Meinung, dass sie die Verkehrssicherheit erhöht und die Kommunikation zwischen Fahrzeugführern und anderen Verkehrsteilnehmern verbessert.
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