THE EFFECT ON DRIVER BEHAVIOR ON CENTER LINES ON TWO-LANE ROADS

MOTOR VEHICLE SPEEDS AND TRANSVERSE POSITIONS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY AFFECTED BY PAVEMENT MARKINGS ALONG THE ROADWAY CENTER LINE. THE TYPICAL VEHICLE PATH IS FARTHER TO THE RIGHT ON PAVEMENTS WITH A CENTER LINE THAN ON SIMILAR PAVEMENTS WITHOUT SUCH MARKING. IN GENERAL, SPEEDS HIGHER BY ABOUT 4 MPH EXIST ON PAVEMENTS WITHOUT CENTER MARKINGS THAN ON THOSE WITH MARKINGS. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/27/27-026.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 27, pp 273 - 280, 5 FIG, 4 TAB. 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.
• Authors:
  • Taragin, A
• Publication Date: 1948

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 2-5, 1947
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 27
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Center lines; Drivers; Location; Motor vehicles; Position fixing; Road markings; Speed; Two lane highways
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223501
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 2 1971 12:00AM