INVESTIGATION OF WARNING SIGNS FOR MEDIAN CROSSOVERS

This article describes the results of a study of advanced warning median crossover signs that were tested in a laboratory for legibility, understanding, recognition, and preference. The study indicated that the most appropriate word message sign would be MEDIAN CROSSOVER. Such a sign was not actually tested but the subjects understood a MEDIAN OPENING sign the best, and the majority of subjects thought that "crossover" was the word that best conveyed the intended meaning. Legibility of the symbolic signs, however, was much greater than for the word messages. (Edited author abstract)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Worsey, G M
  • Dare, C E
  • Schwab, R N
  • Tignor, S C
• Publication Date: 1986-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 113-121
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 49
  • Issue Number: 4
  • 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: Coding systems; Computer programming languages; Crossovers; Design; Laboratory tests; Legibility; Median openings; Medians; Signs; Symbols; Traffic signs; Warning signs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Sign legend
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic sign design
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00459082
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Information, Incorporated
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-040 191
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 31 1990 12:00AM