Driving Simulation In Virtual Reality For Work Zone Design On Highway: A Validation Study

Interferences between work zones and vehicle flow can lead to a significant increase in accident probability. It is agreed that improving work zone design is necessary in order to provide optimal driver guidance. This paper reports on the outcomes of a survey aimed at measuring speeds on a highway in the proximity of a work zone; it, then, reports on the results of the successive experimental campaign conducted with a driving simulator rebuilding the real scenario in virtual reality.