Do advance yield markings increase safe driver behaviors at unsignalized, marked midblock crosswalks? Driving simulator study

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2264, 2011, Pages 27-33

  Gómez, Radhameris A ^a   Samuel, Siby ^a   Gerardino, Luis Roman ^a   Romoser, Matthew R E ^a   Collura, John ^a   Knodler, Michael ^a   Fisher, Donald L ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS;

CONDITION; DRIVER'S BEHAVIOR; DRIVING SIMULATION; DRIVING SIMULATOR; DRIVING SIMULATOR STUDY; OPEN ROAD; PAVEMENT MARKINGS; PEDESTRIAN CRASHES; POINT OF GAZE; RISKS SCENARIOS;

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EID: 84857841775     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2264-04     Document Type: Article

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