DRIVER CHARACTERISTICS IMPACTING HIGHWAY DESIGN AND OPERATIONS

Highway design standards are periodically modified to reflect changing highway conditions. Smaller and lighter automobiles have become prevalent on the road. Female driver comprise 50 percent of licensed drivers, and because they are shorter than men, the change in the composite eye height distribution may effect highway design standards. Older drivers have poor night vision, and require a need for better night luminance of overhead guide signs.

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  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Gordon, D A
  • McGee, H W
  • Hooper, K G
• Publication Date: 1984-6

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 12-16
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Aged drivers; Automobile drivers; Automobiles by type; Behavior; Compact automobiles; Design standards; Drivers; Females; Guide signs; Height; Highway design; Illuminated traffic signs; Night vision; Roads; Standards; Subcompact automobiles; Traffic control devices; Vehicle size; Vision
• Uncontrolled Terms: Change; Driver age; Indirect benefits
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision; Highway signs (Signals and markings); Small automobiles
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00393377
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 323
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 31 1985 12:00AM