The awareness of blind spot area in heavy goods vehicle (HGV)
This paper is to demonstrate the awareness of blind spot area in heavy goods vehicles (HGV) towards the road user. A blind spot is an area or zone that cannot be directly observe by the driver. Usually, the weaknesses in the blind spot area resulted in accident between the vehicle as many drivers di...
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| author | Mat Daud, M. S. Husny Hamid, Z. J. M. Suliman, M. S. Abdullah, R. Zulkarnain, I. I. |
| author_facet | Mat Daud, M. S. Husny Hamid, Z. J. M. Suliman, M. S. Abdullah, R. Zulkarnain, I. I. |
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| description | This paper is to demonstrate the awareness of blind spot area in heavy goods vehicles (HGV) towards the road user. A blind spot is an area or zone that cannot be directly observe by the driver. Usually, the weaknesses in the blind spot area resulted in accident between the vehicle as many drivers did not alert or have awareness on the blind spot area especially in heavy goods vehicle. The objective of this paper is to identify the awareness on the blind spot area in heavy goods vehicles to the road users. To achieve the objective, a questionnaire survey has been conducted to the road user. About 100 drivers randomly pick to answer the survey and they are consisting of non-truck drivers that drive a car, van and motorcycle. The results reveal that even the respondents know about the blind spot in heavy good vehicle, but the awareness in the of blind spot area still less where they mistake on the exact location of blind spot. Typically, the only zone that they know as the blind spot for heavy goods vehicle is at the back area. Therefore, it is suggested that the government to improve the awareness of blind spot areas within the drivers through restructure the system inside driving school by give more attention on the blind spot for heavy goods vehicle, make a campaign on the awareness of blind spot in heavy goods vehicle to remind again the road users about the area of blind spots, and establish a standard direct vision in heavy goods vehicle. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-927112021-10-28T10:10:00Z http://eprints.utm.my/92711/ The awareness of blind spot area in heavy goods vehicle (HGV) Mat Daud, M. S. Husny Hamid, Z. J. M. Suliman, M. S. Abdullah, R. Zulkarnain, I. I. HT101-395 Sociology, Urban This paper is to demonstrate the awareness of blind spot area in heavy goods vehicles (HGV) towards the road user. A blind spot is an area or zone that cannot be directly observe by the driver. Usually, the weaknesses in the blind spot area resulted in accident between the vehicle as many drivers did not alert or have awareness on the blind spot area especially in heavy goods vehicle. The objective of this paper is to identify the awareness on the blind spot area in heavy goods vehicles to the road users. To achieve the objective, a questionnaire survey has been conducted to the road user. About 100 drivers randomly pick to answer the survey and they are consisting of non-truck drivers that drive a car, van and motorcycle. The results reveal that even the respondents know about the blind spot in heavy good vehicle, but the awareness in the of blind spot area still less where they mistake on the exact location of blind spot. Typically, the only zone that they know as the blind spot for heavy goods vehicle is at the back area. Therefore, it is suggested that the government to improve the awareness of blind spot areas within the drivers through restructure the system inside driving school by give more attention on the blind spot for heavy goods vehicle, make a campaign on the awareness of blind spot in heavy goods vehicle to remind again the road users about the area of blind spots, and establish a standard direct vision in heavy goods vehicle. Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication 2019 Article PeerReviewed Mat Daud, M. S. and Husny Hamid, Z. J. M. and Suliman, M. S. and Abdullah, R. and Zulkarnain, I. I. (2019) The awareness of blind spot area in heavy goods vehicle (HGV). International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE), 8 (12). ISSN 2278-3075 http://dx.doi.org/10.35940/ijitee.L3984.1081219 DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.L3984.1081219 |
| spellingShingle | HT101-395 Sociology, Urban Mat Daud, M. S. Husny Hamid, Z. J. M. Suliman, M. S. Abdullah, R. Zulkarnain, I. I. The awareness of blind spot area in heavy goods vehicle (HGV) |
| title | The awareness of blind spot area in heavy goods vehicle (HGV) |
| title_full | The awareness of blind spot area in heavy goods vehicle (HGV) |
| title_fullStr | The awareness of blind spot area in heavy goods vehicle (HGV) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The awareness of blind spot area in heavy goods vehicle (HGV) |
| title_short | The awareness of blind spot area in heavy goods vehicle (HGV) |
| title_sort | awareness of blind spot area in heavy goods vehicle hgv |
| topic | HT101-395 Sociology, Urban |
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