Study of drivers' behaviour at a passive railway crossing;Istraživanje ponašanja vozača na putnom prelazu s pasivnim sistemom zaštite

Promet - Traffic and Transportation

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 193-201

  Kasalica, Sandra ^a   Vukadinović, Radisav ^b   Lučanin, Vojkan ^c  

^a Railway College of Vocational Studies Belgrade   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Railway crossing safety; Railway crossings; Road driver behaviour; Road safety

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

SERBIA;

EID: 84863840540     PISSN: 03535320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7307/ptt.v24i3.312     Document Type: Article

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