ROAD TRAFFIC. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE RESEARCH FOR SAFETY EQUATIONS
CIRCOLAZIONE STRADALE. CONTRIBUTO DI RICERCA PER LE EQUAZIONE DI SICUREZZA
IN THIS PAPER IT IS SUGGESTED THAT FROM A SAFETY POINT OF VIEW, MAN, ROAD AND THE VEHICLE, SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS A SYSTEM IN WHICH MAN SHOULD BE REGARDED AS A MEMBER OF THE BIOLOGICAL SCALE AND NOT AS THE MASTER. THE ROLE OF THE ROAD IN THE DYNAMICS OF TRAFFIC, IS ANALYSED. IT IS POINTED OUT THAT THE CONCEPT OF A ROAD LAY-OUT BEING MERELY A FUNCTION OF VEHICLE DYNAMICS, IS LARGELY OUT-DATED, BASED ON THE FACT THAT MOUNTAIN ROADS HAVE A LOWER ACCIDENT RATE THAN EASY ROADS; THIS SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT, IN TERMS OF SAFETY A LOW MENTAL LOAD (ON THE DRIVER) IS LESS DESIRABLE THAN A MORE INTENSE ONE. THERE IS SOME BASIS FOR THE SUPPOSITION THAT A DRIVER'S ATTENTION TENDS TO RELAX IN DIRECT RATIO TO THE INCREASE IN THE EASINESS OF DRIVING CONDITIONS, IN PURSUIT OF WHICH THE LONG WIDE CURVES OF MODERN ROADS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED.
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Corporate Authors:
Automobile Club d'Italia
Via Marsala 8
00185 Rome, Italy -
Authors:
- Mattei, A
- Publication Date: 1974-1-2
Language
- Italian
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 82-99
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Serial:
- Automobilismo e Automobilismo Industriale
- Issue Number: 1-2
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Drivers; Highway design; Highways; Human factors; Psychological aspects; Psychological stress; Safety; Traffic safety
- Old TRIS Terms: Driver psychology; Lay-out
- ITRD Terms: 2755: Highway; 2257: Human factor; 2885: Layout; 1665: Safety; 2234: Stress (psychol)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00083379
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: May 1 1975 12:00AM