JUDGMENT OF VEHICLE SPEEDS AND TRAFFIC PATTERNS

REPORTS ARE PRESENTED ON THE ABILITY OF DRIVERS TO ESTIMATE THEIR OWN AND OTHER VEHICLE SPEEDS (ABSOLUTE); THEIR OWN AND OTHER VEHICLE RELATIVE SPEEDS; THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF HIGHWAY STRIPING AS IT RELATES TO THE LAWFULNESS OF PASSING; THEIR JUDGMENTAL ABILITY TO DETERMINE THE SAFENESS OF PASSING ON A MOUNTAINOUS ROAD; AND THEIR REACTIONS TO AN EXPERIMENTAL NO PASSING ZONE SIGN. ABILITY, KNOWLEDGE AND JUDGMENT ARE COMPARED AMONG THREE TYPES OF PRESENTATION: 16MM MOTION PICTURE FILMS, THE UCLA DRIVING SIMULATION LABORATORY (DIL), AND ACTUAL ON-THE-ROAD (FIELD) TESTS. /FHWA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract No B-2-8
• Corporate Authors:

  Itte, Calif Univ, Los Angeles

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  Calif Business & Transportation Agency

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• Authors:
  • Beers, J
  • Hulbert, S
  • Case, H W
• Publication Date: 1972-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 162 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Judgment (Human characteristics); Passing; Reaction time; Speed; Traffic flow; Travel patterns; Vehicular phase
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction; Traffic patterns
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222619
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCLA-ENG-7281
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 19 1989 12:00AM