Impact of "Signal Ahead" pavement marking on driver behavior at signalized intersections

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-67

  Yan, Xuedong ^a   Radwan, Essam ^b   Guo, Dahai ^c   Richards, Stephen ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brake response time; Deceleration rate; Dilemma zone; Driving simulator; Pavement marking; Rear end crash; Red light running; Stop go decision; Yellow signal change

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAKES; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENGINEERS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY MARKINGS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; PAVEMENTS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

BRAKE RESPONSE TIME; DECELERATION RATE; DILEMMA ZONE; DRIVING SIMULATOR; PAVEMENT MARKINGS; REAR-END CRASHES; RED-LIGHT RUNNING; STOP/GO DECISION; YELLOW SIGNAL CHANGE;

ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS;

EID: 56649118966     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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