COMPARISON OF THREE METHODS FOR THE OBSERVATION OF DRIVER AND PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOUR AT PELICAN CROSSINGS
The evaluation of a televised road safety publicity campaign had as a secondary objective the comparison of three methods for observing driver and pedestrian behaviour at pelican crossings. The three methods were time-lapse cine filming, continuous video recording and on-site hand recording. The behavioural measures for which the methods were compared were the frequencies with which vehicles and pedestrians started to go over the crossing during each phase of the lights. The report briefly examines the technical and operating characteristics of the three methods. The criteria for selection of video filming points are discussed in greater detail. In general, time-lapse filming and video recording provided similar results for both pedestrian and vehicle behaviour, particularly the latter. However, the results from hand recording were less comparable with the exception of gross vehicle counts. (Author/TRRL)
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Corporate Authors:
Loughborough University of Technology, England
Institute For Consumer Ergonomics
Loughborough LE113TU, Leicestershire, England -
Authors:
- RENNIE, A M
- Wilson, J R
- Publication Date: 1978-10
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 61 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Crosswalks; Drivers; Methodology; Pedestrians; Photography; Publicity; Safety; Television; Time lapse photography; Traffic counting; Videotapes
- Uncontrolled Terms: Observation
- ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 1772: Driver; 1733: Pedestrian; 1659: Pedestrian crossing; 6751: Photography; 8573: Publicity; 1665: Safety; 6949: Television
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00342351
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Dec 22 1981 12:00AM