Characterizing driver behavior on signalized intersection approaches at the onset of a yellow-phase trigger

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 630-640

  Rakha, Hesham ^a,b,c   El Shawarby, Ihab ^c,d   Setti, José Reynaldo ^e  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA TECH TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Driver behavior; Perception reaction time (PRT); Signalized decision zone; Signalized dilemma zone

Indexed keywords

DRIVER BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION REACTION TIME (PRT); TIME TO INTERSECTION (TTI);

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BRAKES; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRACKING (POSITION); TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 36849028673     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2007.908146     Document Type: Article

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