MEASURING DRIVER UNDERSTANDING OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

The paper summarizes the results of testing situations designed to assess: knowledge of standards regarding colors, shape, and symbols used in the traffic communication system; understanding of specific traffic control devices apart from environmental cues; and knowledge of traffic controls in a driving context where environmental cues exist (in filmed driving sequences).

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• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011
• Authors:
  • Guseman, P K
  • Womack, K N
• Publication Date: 1981-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 10-12
• Serial:
  • Texas Transportation Researcher
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Texas Transportation Institute
  • ISSN: 0040-4748

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile drivers; Continuous structures; Driver performance; Drivers; Personnel performance; Skew bridges; Traffic control devices
• Old TRIS Terms: Continuous skewed slab bridges
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00371042
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1983 12:00AM