Assessing driver speed choice in fog with the use of visibility data from road weather information systems

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2551, Issue , 2016, Pages 90-99

  McCann, Katie ^a   Fontaine, Michael D ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DIGITAL STORAGE; FOG; INFORMATION USE; SPEED;

CHAIN REACTION; CONDITION; FOG EVENTS; ROAD WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM; SAFETY HAZARDS; SIGHT DISTANCE; SPEED CHOICE; VEHICLE CRASHES; VIRGINIA; VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONS;

VISIBILITY;

EID: 85015361184     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2551-11     Document Type: Article

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