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A driving-simulator-based experiment was designed and conducted with 50 participants. The data from the experiments were analyzed by approaches of ANOVA and structural equation modeling (SEM). The collisions avoidance related variables were measured in terms of brake reaction time (BRT), maximum deceleration and lane deviation in this study. It was found that the collision avoidance warning system can result in smaller collision rates compared to the without-warning condition and lead to shorter reaction times, larger maximum deceleration and less lane deviation. Furthermore, the SEM analysis illustrate that the audio warning information in fact has both direct and indirect effect on occurrence of collisions, and the indirect effect plays a more important role on collision avoidance than the direct effect. Essentially, the auditory warning information can assist drivers in detecting the RLR vehicles in a timely manner, thus providing drivers more adequate time and space to decelerate to avoid collisions with the conflicting vehicles.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s140203631","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,2,21]],"date-time":"2014-02-21T11:55:11Z","timestamp":1392983711000},"page":"3631-3651","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":47,"title":["Driving-Simulator-Based Test on the Effectiveness of  Auditory Red-Light Running Vehicle Warning System  Based on Time-To-Collision Sensor"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0120-9183","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xuedong","family":"Yan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"MOE Key Laboratory for Urban Transportation Complex Systems Theory and Technology,  Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qingwan","family":"Xue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MOE Key Laboratory for Urban Transportation Complex Systems Theory and Technology,  Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lu","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MOE Key Laboratory for Urban Transportation Complex Systems Theory and Technology,  Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yongcun","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MOE Key Laboratory for Urban Transportation Complex Systems Theory and Technology,  Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,2,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"676","DOI":"10.1016\/j.sbspro.2011.08.075","article-title":"A collision warning system for rear-end collision: A driving simulator study","volume":"20","author":"Bella","year":"2011","journal-title":"Procedia Social Behav. 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