HIGHWAY DESIGN AND ROAD-USERS' MISPERCEPTION OF HAZARD

Until recently, a generally uncritical acceptance of "low- cost engineering schemes" for road accident reduction and prevention suggested that the value of an ergonomics approach to road safety was still not widely appreciated. This view is exemplified by reference to a current project in the UK, which is examining the contribution of certain highway design features to road-users' misperception of hazard. Data from retrospective studies of road accident causation are provisionally reported and plans for a prospective study of remedial changes to the traffic system are outlined. The number of the covering abstract of the conference is TRIS No. 396810. (Author/TRR)

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    • Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Erogonomics Society of Australia and New Zealand. Erogonomics and Technological Change, Holme Building, Sydney, Australia, 28-30 November 1984.
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    Ergonomics Society of Australia and New Zealand

    191 Royal Parade
    Parkville, Victoria 3052,   Australia 

    Erogonomics Society of Australia and New Zealand

    191 Royal Parade
    Parkville, Victoria 3052,   Australia 
  • Authors:
    • BROWN, I D
  • Publication Date: 1984

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  • Accession Number: 00396811
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: ARRB
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
  • Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
  • Created Date: Jan 31 1986 12:00AM