Measures for Behaving Safely in Traffic
The importance of real-life impact
The fourth General Assembly meeting was held in Graz in Austria as autumn did its early entrance across Europe. MeBeSafe members began boiling of excitement to finally commence field trials.
MeBeSafe nudges literally on the road
Traffic rules only work if people choose to obey them. But the traffic environment could instead be redesigned so that good choices are more likely to be made. Read more about it in our Press Release.
The nudging car on road to completion
MeBeSafe is developing a nudge in the car that scans the surroundings and helps you make the right decisions. For the first time, all the components are being put together.
MeBeSafe at the ECC Conference in Naples
MeBeSafe researchers took control over the nudging at the European Control Conference in Naples. A lot of visitors engulfed themselves into the feats of the nudging world.
Nudging the ITS community in Eindhoven
Some peculiar white stripes ran across the blue floor in an aisle at the ITS fair. What could this be? They seemed to be heading towards one particular booth. A booth about nudging and coaching..
The New MeBeSafe Newsletter is out
Learn more of the entire project, what is done to nudge bicyclists and if MeBeSafe is on the right track! And get an interesting insight into how simulated people can be nudged!
What is nudging?
You can try to change people’s behaviour in a number of ways. You could outlaw all possibilities but one, inform people about the effect of their choices or give people a small push towards a certain direction...
Judgement of the road users: Is MeBeSafe on the right track?
Judgement of the road users: Is MeBeSafe on the right track? MeBeSafe aims to make traffic safer by targeting certain specific situations with soft measures,…
Nudging simulated people for the sake of safety
A traffic nudge must be considered safe before it is put on the roads. Short tests are however not able to assess if the risk of impact may have increased, as crashes are fortunately far too uncommon in real life.
The Infra driver nudge steps towards the real world
A major advantage of the driver nudge based on lights is that we can nudge exactly the drivers that need to be nudged. But this also makes it more complex, and the systems are now put together.
Engaged Italian citizens get a brief breath of MeBeSafe
The latest news on nudging and coaching to increase traffic safety? Now that’s the place to be! More than 50 engaged Italians travelled to Sorrento for MeBeSafe.
A brief rundown of MeBeSafe
A General Assembly meeting is a great way to fellow researchers in on the project. And a brief summary of that meeting is an ever greater way for anyone to get an overview of the project.
There has been a lot of progress in helping drivers prevent risky situations from turning into crashes, and in reducing the complications if a crash should occur.
However, less effort has been invested in preventing risky situations from occurring in the first place.
This is the basis for MeBeSafe
MeBeSafe will develop and test solutions to nudge car drivers and cyclists towards safer behaviour in common traffic situations that carry an elevated risk. The project will also compare different ways of coaching.
The purpose is to reduce the number of “almost-crashes”, also known as risky situations. Increasing safety margins will lead to risky situations being avoided – which in turn will lead to fewer crashes in general.