Simulator study of driver responses to pedestrian treatments at multilane roundabouts

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2312, 2012, Pages 67-75

  Salamati, Katayoun ^a   Schroeder, Bastian ^a   Rouphail, Nagui ^a   Cunningham, Christopher ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Kaber, David ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSWALKS;

DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; DRIVER ATTENTION; DRIVER RESPONSE; DRIVING SIMULATOR; EYE TRACKERS; VISION IMPAIRMENTS; YIELDING RATE;

EYE TRACKING;

EID: 84872866935     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2312-07     Document Type: Article

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