The Impact of Potentially Realistic Fabricated Road Sign Messages on Route Change
This article studies self-reported route change behavior of 4,706 licensed drivers in the continental U.S. through a stated preference survey when they encounter road sign messages. Respondents are asked to score their likelihood of route change and speed change on a 5-point Likert scale to three me...
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| author | Alireza Ermagun Kaveh Bakhsh Kelarestaghi Kevin Heaslip |
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| description | This article studies self-reported route change behavior of 4,706 licensed drivers in the continental U.S. through a stated preference survey when they encounter road sign messages. Respondents are asked to score their likelihood of route change and speed change on a 5-point Likert scale to three messages: (1) “Heavy Traffic Due to Accident,” (2) “Road Closure Due to Police Activity,” and (3) “Storm Watch, Flooding in Area Soon.” We fulfill three objectives. First, we identify the relationship between the route change behavior and socioeconomic and attitudinal-related factors. Second, we explore the impact of road sign messages with different contents on route change behavior. Third, we test the association between route change and speed change behaviors. The results demonstrate that: (1) the response of participants to compromised dynamic message signs varies according to the socioeconomic standing and attitude of participants, (2) the response of participants varies under different messages, and socioeconomic and attitudinal factors impact this differentiation, and (3) the likelihood of route change is positively associated with slowing down. This means, in practice, a malicious adversary has the potential to shunt and disturb traffic by disseminating fabricated messages and engineering route choice of drivers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f26a24ccb3374f4eae23ca1e9aaf6bd72022-12-31T00:02:08ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems2687-78132022-01-01313714510.1109/OJITS.2022.31483729701492The Impact of Potentially Realistic Fabricated Road Sign Messages on Route ChangeAlireza Ermagun0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2820-5724Kaveh Bakhsh Kelarestaghi1Kevin Heaslip2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3393-2627Richard A. Rula School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USATransportation LOB, ICF Incorporated LLC, Washington, DC, USADepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USAThis article studies self-reported route change behavior of 4,706 licensed drivers in the continental U.S. through a stated preference survey when they encounter road sign messages. Respondents are asked to score their likelihood of route change and speed change on a 5-point Likert scale to three messages: (1) “Heavy Traffic Due to Accident,” (2) “Road Closure Due to Police Activity,” and (3) “Storm Watch, Flooding in Area Soon.” We fulfill three objectives. First, we identify the relationship between the route change behavior and socioeconomic and attitudinal-related factors. Second, we explore the impact of road sign messages with different contents on route change behavior. Third, we test the association between route change and speed change behaviors. The results demonstrate that: (1) the response of participants to compromised dynamic message signs varies according to the socioeconomic standing and attitude of participants, (2) the response of participants varies under different messages, and socioeconomic and attitudinal factors impact this differentiation, and (3) the likelihood of route change is positively associated with slowing down. This means, in practice, a malicious adversary has the potential to shunt and disturb traffic by disseminating fabricated messages and engineering route choice of drivers.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9701492/Cyber-physical attacksdriver behaviorinformation technologyintelligent transport systemstraffic informationvariable message sign |
| spellingShingle | Alireza Ermagun Kaveh Bakhsh Kelarestaghi Kevin Heaslip The Impact of Potentially Realistic Fabricated Road Sign Messages on Route Change IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Cyber-physical attacks driver behavior information technology intelligent transport systems traffic information variable message sign |
| title | The Impact of Potentially Realistic Fabricated Road Sign Messages on Route Change |
| title_full | The Impact of Potentially Realistic Fabricated Road Sign Messages on Route Change |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of Potentially Realistic Fabricated Road Sign Messages on Route Change |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Potentially Realistic Fabricated Road Sign Messages on Route Change |
| title_short | The Impact of Potentially Realistic Fabricated Road Sign Messages on Route Change |
| title_sort | impact of potentially realistic fabricated road sign messages on route change |
| topic | Cyber-physical attacks driver behavior information technology intelligent transport systems traffic information variable message sign |
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