The effect of road tunnel environment on car following behaviour

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 100-109

  Yeung, Jian Sheng ^a   Wong, Yiik Diew ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Car following; Headways; Safety margin; Time to collision; Traffic safety; Tunnel expressway

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADS AND STREETS;

CAR FOLLOWING; HEADWAYS; SAFETY MARGIN; TIME-TO-COLLISION; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CAR DRIVING; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SINGAPORE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84897988454     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.03.014     Document Type: Article

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