EVALUATION OF LANE MARKING AND DIRECTION SIGNING
BEWERTUNG DER FAHRSTREIFEN- UND RICHTUNGSBEZOGENEN WEGWEISUNG
WITH REFERENCE TO THE REGULATIONS, A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE CURRENT SITUATION AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS, THE AIM WAS TO EXAMINE THE BEST METHOD OF INDICATING TRAFFIC LANES AND DIRECTIONS ON ROAD SIGNS. THE MOST FAVOURABLE REPRESENTATION WAS THE COMBINED LANE AND DIRECTION REFERENCE ARRANGED ON AN OVERHEAD PANEL. DEFINITE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VARIOUS ARROW ALIGNMENTS COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT UPWARD POINTING ARROWS SHOULD BE USED, BECAUSE THESE SHOW THE CLOSEST ANALOGY TO THE TRAFFIC SITUATION.
Language
- German
Project
- Status: Completed
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Contract Numbers:
ITRD 7525
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Sponsor Organizations:
Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
Brüderstraße 53
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 51427 -
Project Managers:
GOTTLIEB, W
ERKE, H
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Performing Organizations:
TECHNISCHE UNIV. BRAUNSCHWEIG, ABT. FUER ANGEWANDTE PSYCHOLOGIE (BRAUNSCHWEIG TECHNICAL UNIV., DEPT. OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY)
SPIELMANNSTR. 19, POSTFACH 3329
BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany D-3300 - Start Date: 19750401
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 19760310
- Source Data: ITRD D701329
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Evaluation; Green interval (Traffic signal cycle); Perception; Research projects; Traffic control; Traffic lanes; Traffic signals; Traffic signs
- Uncontrolled Terms: Green filters
- ITRD Terms: 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 579: Green filter; 2229: Perception; 8557: Research project; 654: Traffic control; 2827: Traffic lane; 553: Traffic sign; 565: Traffic signal; WEST GERMANY
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01304882
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
- Contract Numbers: ITRD 7525
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 21 2010 10:08AM