ROAD JUNCTION CONVEX MIRRORS

Lateral visibility at road junctions can be improved by a convex mirror. Mainly in built-up areas, where visibility on one or both sides of an intersection may be hampered by space limitations, such a device is attractive because of its low cost and its actuated operating mode. However, little information is yet available concerning its efficiency and optimisation. The usefulness of a convex mirror from a safety viewpoint is experimentally assessed in a road junction where drivers who have to give way can observe lateral traffic through a convex mirror. Comparison is made between mirror users and non-users, in relation to their give way behaviour. The main finding is that the mirror appears as a device that enhances safety behaviour and can be recommended as a traffic aid. (Author/TRRL)

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  Butterworth Scientific Limited

  Journals Division, P.O. Box 63, Westbury House, Bury
  Guildford, Surrey  England  GU2 5BH
• Authors:
  • Moukhwas, D
• Publication Date: 1987-6

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 133-136
• Serial:
  • Applied Ergonomics
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0003-6870
  • EISSN: 1872-9126
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00036870

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Highways; Improvements; Intersections; Safety; Visibility
• Uncontrolled Terms: Side
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 2755: Highway; 9108: Improvement; 455: Junction; 1665: Safety; 9074: Side; 6783: Visibility
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00480046
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1989 12:00AM