eprintid: 1473901
rev_number: 34
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datestamp: 2016-01-25 14:15:18
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Tripathi, K
creators_name: Borrion, H
title: Safe, secure or punctual? A simulator study of train driver response to reports of explosives on a metro train
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
divisions: F52
keywords: human error, railway security, task trade-off, railway simulator, terrorism
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abstract: Many transport organizations now regard regular employees as important contributors to their security strategies. For this reason, it is essential to understand the interaction between service and security tasks. There is empirical evidence, for example, that workers under pressure to be punctual make more errors in the performance of safety procedures. It is therefore useful to determine whether punctuality goals have a similar effect on the performance of security procedures.
This article reports a study conducted on a metropolitan rail system driving simulator to test whether train drivers also ‘take shortcuts’ in the perfomance of security procedures when placed under pressure of punctuality. Four hypotheses were tested using performance measures of two groups of 10 participants. The results show that there is a conflict not only between service and security goals, but also between safety and security goals.
date: 2016-02
date_type: published
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/sj.2015.46
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1068927
doi: 10.1057/sj.2015.46
lyricists_name: Borrion, Herve
lyricists_name: Tripathi, Kartikeya
lyricists_id: HBORR81
lyricists_id: TRIPA08
actors_name: Borrion, Herve
actors_name: Mackay, Naomi
actors_id: HBORR81
actors_id: NSDMA44
actors_role: owner
actors_role: impersonator
full_text_status: public
publication: Security Journal
volume: 29
number: 1
pagerange: 87-105
issn: 0955-1662
citation:        Tripathi, K;    Borrion, H;      (2016)    Safe, secure or punctual? A simulator study of train driver response to reports of explosives on a metro train.                   Security Journal , 29  (1)   pp. 87-105.    10.1057/sj.2015.46 <https://doi.org/10.1057/sj.2015.46>.       Green open access   
 
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