Motorcyclist perception response time in stopping sight distance situations

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 371-377

  Davoodi, Seyed Rasoul ^a   Hamid, Hussain ^b   Pazhouhanfar, Mahdieh ^a   Muttart, Jeffrey W ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Crash Safety Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Exclusive motorcycle lane; Motorcycle crashes; Motorcyclist behavior; Perception response time; Stopping sight distance

Indexed keywords

DESIGN GUIDE; EMPIRICAL VALUES; ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; EXCLUSIVE MOTORCYCLE LANE; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; GEOMETRICAL DESIGNS; MALAYSIA; MIXED TRAFFIC; MOTORCYCLIST BEHAVIOR; ROAD DESIGN; SIGHT DISTANCE;

BRAKES; DESIGN; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY PLANNING; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

MOTORCYCLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; MOTORCYCLING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION RESPONSE TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 84855342873     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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