JUDGMENT OF VEHICLE SPPED AND TRAFFIC PATTERNS: PHASE II

THE OBJECT IS TO ESTABLISH THE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN SPEED ESTIMATION AS A JUDGMENT FACTOR AND SPEED ESTIMATION IN COMBINATION WITH TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND MOVEMENTS OF OTHER INDIRECTLY RELATED VEHICLES. ANALYSIS OF 170 SUBJECTS' SPEED ESTIMATIONS AND TRAFFIC PATTERN JUDGMENTS FROM A 16 MM MOTION PICTURE TAKEN FROM AN AUTOMOBILE MOVING ALONG A FREEWAY, IN PART, DEMONSTRATES THE FOLLOWING: (1) A REDUCTION OF THE RANGE OF SPEED ESTIMATIONS WITH THE EXCLUSION OF OLDER DRIVERS, AND (2) INDIVDUAL DRIVERS WERE CONSISTENT IN THEIR ESTIMATIONS. /FHWA/

  • Corporate Authors:

    University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, CA  United States 

    California Division of Highways

    Bridge Department
    Sacramento, CA  United States  05914

    Federal Highway Administration

    1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
    Washington, DC  United States  20590
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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00222597
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
  • Report/Paper Numbers: B-2-8
  • Files: TRIS, USDOT
  • Created Date: Oct 19 1970 12:00AM