Driver responses to green and red vehicular signal countdown displays: Safety and efficiency aspects

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1057-1065

  Chiou, Yu Chiun ^a   Chang, Chien Hua ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dilemma zone; Discharge headway; Signal countdown display; Start up delay

Indexed keywords

DILEMMA ZONE; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; INTERSECTION SAFETY; LEADING VEHICLE; NUMBER OF VEHICLES; OBSERVATION PERIOD; POTENTIAL RISKS; REAR-END CRASHES; START-UPS; WAITING AREAS;

AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COLOR VISION; COMPREHENSION; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DECISION MAKING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; TAIWAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COLOR PERCEPTION; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LOCATION DIRECTORIES AND SIGNS; REACTION TIME; RISK-TAKING; TAIWAN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955320416     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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