Advance warning flashers do they improve safety?

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1692, 1999, Pages 30-38

  Sayed, Tarek ^a   Vahidi, Homayoun ^b   Rodriguez, Felipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b IBI Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALARM SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; INTERSECTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION MODELS; ADVANCE WARNING FLASHERS; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS;

TRAFFIC SIGNS;

EID: 0033320330     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1692-05     Document Type: Article

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