Review and evaluation of stopping sight distance design - cars vs. trucks

Advances in Transportation Studies

Volumn , Issue SPECIAL ISSUE 1, 2012, Pages 5-16

  Bassan, S ^a  

^a Amy Metom Engineers and Consultants   (Israel)

Author keywords

Deceleration coefficient; Design speed; Friction; Stopping sight distance

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; DESIGN;

BRAKING SYSTEM; DECELERATION COEFFICIENT; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DESIGN SPEED; DESIGN VALUE; DISTANCE VALUES; SIGHT DISTANCE; STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE; TRUCK DESIGN; VERTICAL CURVE;

TRUCKS;

EID: 84870194371     PISSN: 18245463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4399/97888548567142     Document Type: Article

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