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/
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Corporate Authors:
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA United StatesCalifornia Division of Highways
Bridge Department
Sacramento, CA United States 05914Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 - Publication Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Age; Drivers; Estimates; Judgment (Human characteristics); Motion pictures; Traffic flow; Traffic speed; Travel patterns
- Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic patterns
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
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