INVESTIGATION OF NOVEL ROAD GEOMETRY: LANE DROP STUDY

THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO STUDY AND MEASURE DRIVER'S PERFORMANCE IN A LANE DROP SITUATION. THE STUDY WAS FOCUSSED ON COMPARISON OF THE LEFT LANE DROP VERSUS THE RIGHT LANE DROP. THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED IN THE UCLA DRIVING SIMULATOR. A SLIGHTLY LARGER NUMBER OF FAILURES IN MERGING WITH MOVING TRAFFIC IN ADJACENT LANE WAS OBSERVED IN THE CASE OF THE RIGHT LANE DROP. HOWEVER, THIS RESULT MUST BE VIEWED WITH CAUTION BECAUSE OF THE SMALL SAMPLE OF FAILURE STATISTICS COUPLED WITH THE HIGH FAILURE RATE OF ONE SUBJECT. /FHWA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract No E-1-48 Rept No RTA 13945-A13303
• Corporate Authors:

  Itte, Calif Univ, Los Angeles

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  Calif Business & Transportation Agency

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  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • WOJCIK, C K
  • Allen, R W
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Pagination: 32 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Driver performance; Drivers; Driving; Lane drops; Personnel performance; Simulation; Studies
• Old TRIS Terms: Study analysis
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222620
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rep
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 24 1973 12:00AM