THE BEHAVIOUR OF PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES AT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS
VERHALTEN VON FUSSGAENGERN UND FAHRZEUGEN AN FUSSGAENGERUEBERWEGEN
THE NEW TRAFFIC REGULATIONS GIVE PEDESTRIANS ADDITIONAL RIGHTS ON PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS IN THE ABSOLUTE PRIORITY RULE. BY DAY AND NIGHT OBSERVATIONS AT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, A STUDY WILL BE CARRIED OUT OF THE FUTURE USE OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS UNDER LOCAL AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WILL BE DEALT WITH: UNDER WHAT LOCAL AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS DO PEDESTRIANS CLAIM THEIR PRIORITY RIGHTS, IN WHAT CONDITIONS DO DRIVERS NOT RESPECT THE PEDESTRIAN'S PRIORITY, TO WHAT EXTENT IS THE PROHIBITION OF OVERTAKING BEFORE A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING OBSERVED, ESPECIALLY ON MULTILANE ROADS, DO PEDESTRIANS IN LOCAL AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS WHICH ARE OTHERWISE THE SAME, BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY AT NIGHT ON PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHTING, COMPARED WITH THEIR BEHAVIOUR AT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS SITUATED ON A ROAD WITH NORMAL STREET LIGHTING, WHAT KINDS OF BEHAVIOUR ENDANGER PEDESTRIANS?
Language
- German
Project
- Status: Completed
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Sponsor Organizations:
BUNDESMINISTER FUER VERKEHR
BONN, Germany -
Project Managers:
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Performing Organizations:
BUNDESANSTALT FUER STRASSENWESEN (FEDERAL HIGHWAY RESEARCH INSTITUTE)
BRUEHLER STR. 1, POSTFACH 510530
KOELN, D-5000 - Start Date: 19720000
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 19770000
- Source Data: ITRD D700051
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bus priority; Crosswalks; Pedestrians; Research projects; Street lighting; Vehicles
- ITRD Terms: 545: Lighting (street); 1733: Pedestrian; 1659: Pedestrian crossing; 648: Priority (traffic); 8557: Research project; 1255: Vehicle; WEST GERMANY
- Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01299859
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Forschungsgesellschaft für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen (FGSV)
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 21 2010 7:36AM