Reducing traffic speed within roadwork sites using obtrusive perceptual countermeasures

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 377-383

  Allpress, Jesse A ^a   Leland Jr , Louis S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Driver behaviour; Perceptual countermeasures; Safety; Speed; Traffic calming; Work zones

Indexed keywords

BASELINE DESIGN; CONTROL TRAFFIC; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; MULTI-ELEMENT; NEW ZEALAND; OPEN ROAD; PERCEPTUAL MECHANISM; SPEED LIMIT; SPEED-RELATED ACCIDENTS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; TRAFFIC CALMING; TRAFFIC SPEED; VEHICLE SPEED; WORK SITES; WORK ZONES;

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; ROADS AND STREETS;

SPEED;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 76149139739     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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