DRIVING BEHAVIOUR TESTS ON ROAD SAFETY IN THE AREA OF ENTRANCES TO PLACES. REPORT ON THE RESEARCH PROJECT 8368

FAHRERVERHALTENSUNTERSUCHUNGEN ZUR VERKEHRSSICHERHEIT IM BEREICH VON ORTSEINFAHRTEN. BERICHT ZUM FORSCHUNGSPROJEKT 8368

Excessive speeds at entrances to places cause safety problems. The aim of a detailed study was to measure whole driving sections over long stretches of road, where the speed in the area of entrance to places was measured and evaluated in detail. A video measuring vehicle was available for use by 40 "guinea pigs" of all age groups. They had to drive through 22 villages or towns in a stretch of 140 km. The test drives were evaluated on a large video projection wall, showing important driving parameters such as speed, operation of the brake pedal, time and distance. There are reports on the execution of test drives (speed at the places and at the entrances to the places), on questioning (test situation, attitude and opinion of places, parameters of the driving behaviour, estimates of one's own speed) and on steady speed measurements and evaluation of accidents.

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Institute for Road Research, West Germany

  Bereich Unfalforschung
  Bergisch Gladbach,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Kockelke, W
  • Steinbrecher, J
• Publication Date: 1987-2

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: 117 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Braking; Building entrances; Driver performance; Drivers; Driveways; Driving simulators; Motor vehicles; Personnel performance; Reaction time; Speed; Stopping sight distance; Traffic speed
• Old TRIS Terms: Entrances (Other than doors)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00469018
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1988 12:00AM