INFORMATION PROBLEMS ON MAJOR ROADS

INFORMATIONSPROBLEM PAA STOERRE VAEGAR

This report consists of an analysis and examples of projects for research. As a part of the project, psychologists analyzed the information acquisition process of road users. Here are discussed the various information needs of the road users, the requirements of the road user from the traffic environment and the technical possibilities available to meet these needs. The psychological differences between identical road and traffic situations are studied and an attempt to describe the central processes that influence the road users' motives to give priority to a certain kind of information is made. In the second part of the report a simple information model which has been worked out is presented and a number of information problems which need further research is suggested. The projects concern primarily problems that could be solved by traffic control actions (signs, signals, delineation geometry, markings etc). Even if the 40 presented projects do not cover the information problems in road traffic they nevertheless represent a fair amount of typical information problems that form part of the accident causation pattern. (TRRL)

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  Swedish Transport Research Delegation

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  S-11346 Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Publication Date: 1982-5

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 46 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Behavior; Communications; Crash causes; Data collection; Decision making; Driver information systems; Drivers; Highway delineators; Highway design; Motivation; Needs assessment; Perception; Psychological tests; Road markings; Signalization; Strategic planning; Traffic control; Traffic signals; Traffic signs; Travelers
• Uncontrolled Terms: User needs
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver perception; Driver psychology; Highway delineation; Traffic marking
• ITRD Terms: 9098: Communication; 8623: Data acquisition; 2248: Decision process; 2748: Main road; 2295: Motivation; 2229: Perception; 2276: Psychological examination; 1755: Road user; 556: Signalization; 654: Traffic control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00370117
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• ISBN: 91-85562-53-X
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 1982:5 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1983 12:00AM