Role of information on probability of traffic conflict on the onset of yellow

Advances in Transportation Studies

Volumn , Issue SPEC, 2011, Pages 29-40

  Burnett, N ^a   Sharma, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance flashers; Dilemma zone; Driver's decision models; Traffic conflict technique

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE FLASHERS; DECISION MODELS; DILEMMA ZONE; HIGH-SPEED; MODELING TECHNIQUE; NUMBER OF VEHICLES; PROBABILITY OF CONFLICTS; TRAFFIC CONFLICT TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC CONFLICTS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 84859620158     PISSN: 18245463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4399/97888548465794     Document Type: Article

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