Does separating trucks from other traffic improve overall safety?

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1922, 2005, Pages 156-166

  Lord, Dominique ^a   Middleton, Dan ^a   Whitacre, Jeffrey ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DECISION MAKING; PASSENGER CARS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CRASH DATA; DUAL-DUAL FREEWAY FACILITY; INNER LANES; TRUCK-RELATED CRASHES;

TRUCKS;

EID: 33644926113     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1922-20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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