Behaviourally relevant road categorisation: A step towards self-explaining rural roads

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1581-1588

  Weller, Gert ^a   Schlag, Bernhard ^a   Friedel, Tino ^a   Rammin, Carmen ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Road categories; Rural roads; Self explaining roads

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; NUMBER THEORY; ROADS AND STREETS; RURAL ROADS;

AFFORDANCE; ELSEVIER (CO); IN ORDER; KNOW-HOW; NEW JERSEY; OBJECTIVE CRITERIA; SPEED LIMITS; VISUAL PERCEPTIONS;

TRAFFIC SIGNS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CAR DRIVING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CUES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 46149084171     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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