EVALUATION OF THREE DESIGNS FOR THE RVV 57C TRAFFIC SIGN MODEL "WOONERF"

EVALUATIE VAN DRIE ONTWERPEN VOOR HET RVV MODEL 57C AANDUIDING WOONERF

On behalf of the road safety directorate, the comprehensibility was investigated of three types of a traffic sign for denoting so called "protected residential areas" ("woonerven"). Three types of experiments were used: a matching technique, a structured interview and a learning experiment. The results of these three different experiments all lead to the following conclusion: that whatever sign is chosen, it should be supplemented by the verbal legend "woonerf". In educating the public on this new sign, it seems necessary to state explicitly all the general rules of this kind of zone-bounded traffic regulation. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  TNO INSTITUTE FOR PERCEPTION

  KAMPWEG 5, PO BOX 23
  SOESTERBERG,   Netherlands  3769 ZG
• Authors:
  • Reimersma, JBJ
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 20 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Evaluation and assessment; Legislation; Lettering; Measurement; Prevention; Residential areas; Signs; Symbols; Traffic regulations; Traffic signs; Visibility; Zoning
• Identifier Terms: Woonerf
• Uncontrolled Terms: Sign legend
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic sign design
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Security and Emergencies; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145314
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 2003 12:00AM