COMPARISON OF SIGNS AND MARKINGS FOR PASSING/NO-PASSING ZONES

Overtaking and passing maneuvers are two of the most common sources of conflict between two or more vehicles on two-lane, two-way rural roads. While the signing and marking of passing/no-passing zones has received considerable attention there is still a lack of consensus relative to the effectiveness of the various methods, how they should be used, and what the enforcement policies should be. In this context, the research effort reported on herein was directed to the evaluation of several alternative methods for marking/signing of passing and no-passing zones in rural two-lane situations.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB82-162603.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Maine, Orono

  Social Science Research Institute
  Orono, ME  United States  04469

  Maine Department of Transportation

  Materials and Research Division, Box 1208, Hogan Road
  Bangor, ME  United States  04402

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Lyles, Richard W
• Publication Date: 1981-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 40 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highways; Measures of effectiveness; No passing zones; Passing; Road markings; Rural areas; Rural highways; Traffic engineering; Traffic signs; Two lane highways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Two way traffic
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00347920
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-81- 95 Final Rpt., HS-032 619, FCP 31M2-112
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-9401
• Files: HSL, NTIS, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 30 1982 12:00AM