Empirical study of driver responses during the yellow signal phase at six maryland intersections

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-42

  Liu, Yue ^a   Chang, Gang Len ^b   Yu, Jie ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Driver behavior; Ordered probit model; Signalized intersection; Statistical tests; Yellow signal phase

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS RESULTS; CELL PHONE; CRASH FREQUENCY; CRITICAL VARIABLES; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; DRIVER EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GREEN SPLITS; MARYLAND; ORDERED PROBIT MODEL; SAFETY PROTECTION; SIGNAL PHASE; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; TRAFFIC CRASHES; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; UNDERLYING FACTORS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL TESTS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

DRIVER TRAINING;

OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RESEARCH WORK; SIGNALING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863148435     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000278     Document Type: Article

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