Measuring driver responses at railway level crossings

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2134-2141

  Tey, Li Sian ^a,b   Ferreira, Luis ^a   Wallace, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Approaching speed profile; Driver compliance; Field video recording; Final braking position; Railway level crossing; Warning devices

Indexed keywords

DRIVER COMPLIANCE; FIELD VIDEO RECORDING; FINAL BRAKING POSITION; RAILWAY LEVEL CROSSING; SPEED PROFILE; WARNING DEVICES;

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; RAILROAD CROSSINGS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILS; ROADS AND STREETS; VIDEO RECORDING;

DRIVER TRAINING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAILWAY; SOCIAL CONTROL; STANDARD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RAILROADS; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961169668     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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