Effect of vertical alignment on driver perception of horizontal curves

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 399-407

  Hassan, Y ^a   Easa, S M ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alignment; Curvature; Driver behavior; Highway design

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANIMATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; ROADS AND STREETS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DRIVER PERCEPTION;

TRANSPORTATION;

PERCEPTION; ROAD TRANSPORT;

EID: 0042804909     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2003)129:4(399)     Document Type: Article

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