TY - GEN
T1 - Analysis of vehicle horn use and factors at intersections in an urban area of Taiwan
AU - Takada, Masayuki
AU - Tsunekawa, Shoki
AU - Hashimoto, Kazuma
AU - Inada, Tamaki
AU - Oeda, Yoshinao
AU - Yamauchi, Katsuya
AU - Kim, Ki Hong
AU - Iwamiya, Shin Ichiro
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank E. Keebaugh, PhD from Edanz Group (www.edanzediting.com/ac) for editing a draft of this manuscript. This research was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP17H00812.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In urban areas in many countries, noise pollution is generated by the frequent use of car and motorcycle horns. The final goal of the present study is to clarify the causes of horn use and to propose a transportation system to suppress horn use. To this end, we have investigated relationships between horn use and factors such as driver awareness, behavior, and vehicular environment. Our previous study investigated causal relationships between horn use and the vehicular environment in Taiwan, and found that horn use was more frequent when gridlock occurred at intersections. The present study analyzed details of gridlock situations at three intersections in Taipei during which vehicle horns were used. We found many cases where honking began after vehicles entered the intersection to turn left during the green-light phase. In particular, drivers often used their horns when they had to wait for more than 4 seconds for the vehicles in front of them to start moving after a green light allowed left turns. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the probability of a driver using a vehicle horn was significantly affected by the duration between the signal turning green and the vehicle in front of them starting to move.
AB - In urban areas in many countries, noise pollution is generated by the frequent use of car and motorcycle horns. The final goal of the present study is to clarify the causes of horn use and to propose a transportation system to suppress horn use. To this end, we have investigated relationships between horn use and factors such as driver awareness, behavior, and vehicular environment. Our previous study investigated causal relationships between horn use and the vehicular environment in Taiwan, and found that horn use was more frequent when gridlock occurred at intersections. The present study analyzed details of gridlock situations at three intersections in Taipei during which vehicle horns were used. We found many cases where honking began after vehicles entered the intersection to turn left during the green-light phase. In particular, drivers often used their horns when they had to wait for more than 4 seconds for the vehicles in front of them to start moving after a green light allowed left turns. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the probability of a driver using a vehicle horn was significantly affected by the duration between the signal turning green and the vehicle in front of them starting to move.
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U2 - 10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239011
DO - 10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239011
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85099329551
T3 - Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics
SP - 7153
EP - 7160
BT - Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics
A2 - Ochmann, Martin
A2 - Michael, Vorlander
A2 - Fels, Janina
PB - International Commission for Acoustics (ICA)
T2 - 23rd International Congress on Acoustics: Integrating 4th EAA Euroregio, ICA 2019
Y2 - 9 September 2019 through 23 September 2019
ER -