Driver responses to differing urban work zone configurations

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 978-985

  Morgan, J F ^a   Duley, A R ^a   Hancock, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collision risk; Driver behavior; Simulation; Taper length; Urban locations; Work zones

Indexed keywords

COLLISION FREQUENCY; COLLISION RISKS; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; LEAD VEHICLES; PROXIMITY EFFECTS; SIMULATION-BASED; TAPER LENGTH; URBAN HIGHWAYS; URBAN LOCATIONS; URBAN WORKS; VIEWING DISTANCE; WORK ZONES;

NAVIGATION;

DESIGN;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION; WORKPLACE;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950320670     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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