OVERTAKING & PASSING UNDER ADVERSE VISIBILITY CONDITIONS, VOL 1-4

THE RESEARCH REPORTED REPRESENTS ONE PART OF AN OVERALL PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM OR SYSTEMS TO ASSIST DRIVERS IN SOLVING DISCRIMINATION AND JUDGMENT PROBLEMS ON RURAL HIGHWAYS THAT LEAD TO HAZARDOUS OVERTAKING AND PASSING SITUATIONS AND TO REDUCTIONS IN LEVEL OF SERVICE. THE STUDY SOUGHT TO DEFINE THE REQUIREMENTS OF OVERTAKING AND PASSING MANEUVERS ON TWO-LANE RURAL ROADS IN TERMS OF BOTH DRIVER JUDGMENT AND CONTROL PROCESSES UNDER ADVERSE VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. THE REPORT IS PRESENTED IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOLUME I, A SUMMARY REPORT, DISCUSSES THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM AND DESCRIBES THEIR RELATION TO THE TECHNICAL APPROACHES ADOPTED BY THE INVESTIGATORS. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PRESENTED AND THE RESEARCH SUPPORTING THEM IS SUMMARIZED. VOLUME II REPORTS ON THE EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM DEVOTED TO DRIVER JUDGMENT AND DECISION-MAKING IN ACCELERATIVE PASSES UNDER ADVERSE VISIBILITY CONDITIONS ON TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS. THE GENERAL EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH IS DISCUSSED AND THE OBJECTIVES, PROCEDURES, AND RESULTS OF FIVE EXPERIMENTS ARE PRESENTED IN DETAIL. VOLUME III, PREPARED BY BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC., REPORTS ON DRIVER BEHAVIOR IN THE TRANSITION FROM THE OVERTAKING STATE TO THE FOLLOWING STATE AND FOR ONCOMING-CAR-LIMITED FLYING PASSES UNDER ADVERSE VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. A SERIES OF SEVEN CONTROLLED FIELD EXPERIMENTS DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY THE VISUAL AND SITUATIONAL FACTORS UNDERLYING DRIVER DECISIONS AND ACTIONS IN OVERTAKING AND PASSING MANEUVERS ARE PRESENTED. VOLUME IV, PREPARED BY SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC., DESCRIBES RESEARCH ON DRIVER CONTROL DURING OVERTAKING AND PASSING MANEUVERS. THE REPORT PRESENTS ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS WHICH SHOW THE EFFECT OF ADVERSE PERCEPTUAL AND ROADWAY CONDITIONS ON DRIVER STEERING RESPONSE AND PERFORMANCE. A MAIN RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH IS THE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF AN OPERATIONAL MODEL FOR THE DRIVER/VEHICLE/ROADWAY SYSTEM WHICH CAN BE USED IN IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS OF SPECIFIC PROBLEMS IN THIS AREA. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Franklin Institute

  20th and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
  Philadelphia, PA  United States  19103

  Pennsylvania Department of Highways

  400 North Street
  Harrisburg, PA  United States  17120-0095

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Ringland, R
  • Alex, F
  • Cassel, A
  • Farber, E
  • Reilly, R
  • CAMERON, B
  • Weir, D
• Publication Date: 1969-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Control; Decision making; Driver performance; Drivers; Field studies; Judgment (Human characteristics); Level of service; Mathematical models; Passing; Personnel performance; Rural highways; Visibility
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Field investigations
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224917
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-6145
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 22 1994 12:00AM