THE EXPERIMENT WITH BAR-MARKINGS AT A JUNCTION NEAR BALK

HET EXPERIMENT MET EEN DWARSSTREEP-MARKERING OP KRUISPUNT NABIJ BALK

Following the interesting results of the application of bar-markings in the UK the province of Friesland decided to carry out an experiment on one of the main roads. Accident analysis showed that traffic approaching the junction near Balk from a specific direction did not slow down to an appropriate speed considering the junction characteristics. The introduction of bar-markings brought speeds down significantly. Because this road had no physical separation between the two traffic directions drivers tended to avoid the bar pattern by pulling out to the wrong side of the road. The police ordered the experiment to be stopped before an after study into the accident pattern could be carried out.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB

  Wassenaarseweg 220, P.O. Box 93200
  The Hague,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Pijper, BAJ
• Publication Date: 1983-4

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 202-205
• Serial:
  • Verkeerskunde
  • Volume: 34
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: NWB BV/Royal Dutch Touring Club
  • ISSN: 0377-8495
  • Serial URL: http://www.verkeerskunde.nl

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intersections; Road markings; Speed
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic marking
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 562: Carriageway marking; 2914: Central reserve; 6784: Colour; 9009: Decrease; 2226: Driving aptitude; 455: Junction; 9048: Modification; 8078: Netherlands; 1522: Police; 5408: Speed; 2827: Traffic lane
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00378265
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1983 12:00AM