Effects of variable message signs for slippery road conditions on driving speed and headways

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-94

  Rämä, Pirkko ^a   Kulmala, Risto ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Headways; Road conditions; Speed; Variable message signs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042139647     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8478(00)00018-8     Document Type: Article

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