Awareness and behaviour of road tunnel users: what headway has been made since the 2000s?

Abstract

The safety of a road tunnel depends not only on its design and operation, but also on the users’ knowledge of the
tunnel. Therefore, in France, the Centre for Tunnel Studies (CETU) conducted in 2004 a qualitative survey focused
on tunnel users’ knowledge of the tunnel and its equipment. Following this survey, several actions were
implemented and in order to measure their impact, a similar survey was conducted in 2015. It highlighted an
improved knowledge of existing safety equipment especially of the blue marker lights on side walls designed to
help drivers maintain an appropriate safety distance.
In order to check this knowledge of the blue marker lights, CETU designed a regulatory road sign and tested its
installation at the entrance to the Foix tunnel in the Occitanie region. At the end of 2016, approximately 600 users
were questioned on their understanding of the road sign in a survey, which was conducted via Internet and via a
questionnaire hand-delivered to participants’ homes.

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DOIS: 10.5281/zenodo.1436370 10.5281/zenodo.1436369