Simulating no-passing zone violations on a vertical curve of a two-lane rural road

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1800, 2002, Pages 16-26

  El Zarif, Jamal ^a   Hobeika, Antoine ^b   Rakha, Hesham ^b  

^a TEAM International   (Lebanon)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL ROADS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNS;

NO PASSING ZONE VIOLATION; TWO LANE RURAL ROAD; VERTICAL CURVE;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036950367     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1800-03     Document Type: Article

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