TRAFFIC AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS AT LEVEL CROSSINGS. USE OF MODERN SAFETY SYSTEMS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST THE DANGER OF SLANTING COLLISIONS AND THEIR EFFECT ON ROAD TRAFFIC

VERKEHR UND BAHNUEBERGANGSTECHNIK. ANWENDUNG MODERNER BAHNUEBERGANGSSICHERUNG ALS FLANKENSCHUTZ UND DEREN WIRKUNG AUF DEN STRASSENVERKEHR

Railway priority at level crossings necessitates the protection of both rail and road against the danger of slanting collisions. The author shows how the DB is endeavouring to solve the multiple problems that arise in this sphere, by using modern safety measures. Such devices as barriers, colour-light signals and audible warning signals are simply of an informative character. The installation of reciprocal interlocking between the barriers and the road signals on one hand, and the railway signals on the other, is necessary. The problem of controlling the danger zone remains to be solved. It is essential to re-examine the psychological influence of level crossing devices on road users as regards the recognition, perceptibility and assimilation of the information.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Dr Arthur Tetzlaff Verlag

  Niddastrasse 64
  Frankfurt am Main,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • ENDMANN, K
• Publication Date: 1974-8

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 253-259
• Serial:
  • Eisenbahningenieur
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Tetzlaff Verlag GmbH
  • ISSN: 0013-2810

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Grade crossing protection systems; Human factors; Safety; Traffic signal control systems; Warning systems
• Identifier Terms: Deutsche Bahn; Deutsche Bundesbahn
• Old TRIS Terms: Grade crossing protection; Signal systems
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00095212
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Railway Documentation, Selection of
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1976 12:00AM