Safety and the choice of degree of curve

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1665, 1999, Pages 22-27

  Hauer, Ezra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY PLANNING;

DEFLECTION ANGLES; HORIZONTAL CURVES;

CURVES (ROAD);

EID: 0033318795     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1665-04     Document Type: Article

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