WRONG-WAY DRIVING ACCIDENTS ARE REDUCED
THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE DESCRIBED SURROUNDING WRONG-WAY DRIVING ON CALIFORNIA FREEWAYS AND EXPRESSWAYS. IT PROVIDES SOME INSIGHT INTO THE BIOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND OF THE WRONG- WAY DRIVER. DATA CONCERNING OBSERVED WRONG-WAY DRIVING INCIDENTS DURING THREE SEPARATE 9-MONTH PERIODS WERE FURNISHED BY TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. IN ADDITION, 168 WRONG-WAY DRIVERS WERE INTERVIEWED. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS PREVENTIVE DEVICES INSTALLED ON CALIFORNIA FREEWAYS AND EXPRESSWAYS WAS TESTED. THE BEFORE AND AFTER STUDY METHOD WAS USED, USING BOTH INCIDENTS ON WRONG-WAY DRIVING AND WRONG-WAY DRIVING ACCIDENTS. REPORTED INCIDENTS WERE ALSO USED TO MEASURE THE EFFICACY OF VARIOUS OFF-RAMP TYPES IN PREVENTING WRONG-WAY ENTRY. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Paper sponsored by Committee on Freeway Operations and Committee on Road User Characteristics and presented at the 48th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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Authors:
- Tamburri, Thomas N
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Discussers:
- Wilson, James E
- MALO, ALGER F
- Publication Date: 1969
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 24-50
- Monograph Title: Drivers and driving
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 292
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Behavior; Drivers; Expressways; Freeways; Human characteristics; Prevention; Traffic control devices; Wrong way driving
- Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00223085
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: Paper No 1
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Mar 9 1970 12:00AM