Scaling of relative velocity between vehicles

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 415-421

  Hoffmann, Errol R ^a   Mortimer, Rudolf G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Car following; Overtaking; Relative velocity; Scaling; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

CAR FOLLOWING; OVERTAKING; RATIO RATING METHOD; RELATIVE VELOCITY; SCALING; TRAFFIC FLOW MODELS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VEHICLES; VELOCITY; VISION;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CAR DRIVING; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; MOTION PICTURES; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030176631     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-4575(96)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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