Safety of passing longer combination vehicles on two-lane highways

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Hanley, Paul F ^a   Forkenbrock, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Longer combination vehicles; Passing models; Safety; Trucking

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

LONGER COMBINATION VEHICLES (LCV); OVERTAKING;

GROUND VEHICLES;

MODELING; ROAD TRANSPORT; SAFETY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 12144253156     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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