The role of geometric road design parameters in driving speed negotiation and safety perception: Objective and subjective measures in simulation study

Advances in Transportation Studies

Volumn , Issue 18, 2009, Pages 17-38

  Zakowska, L ^a  

^a CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Driving simulator; Driving speed; Geometric road design; Perception; Questionnaire survey; Safety; Transition curves

Indexed keywords

DRIVING SIMULATOR; DRIVING SPEED; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; ROAD DESIGN; TRANSITION CURVES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CURVES (ROAD); DESIGN; EXPERIMENTS; GEOMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK PERCEPTION; RURAL ROADS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SURVEYS;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

EID: 84887567105     PISSN: 18245463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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