Daytime high-speed passing maneuvers observed on rural two-lane, two-way highway findings and implications

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1961, 2006, Pages 9-15

  Carlson, Paul J ^a   Miles, Jeffrey D ^b   Johnson, Patricia K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MANEUVERABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEED CONTROL; VEHICLES;

ELAPSED TIMES; PASSING SIGHT DISTANCE (PSD);

RURAL ROADS;

EID: 33845327118     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1961-02     Document Type: Conference Paper

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