HEADWAY ON URBAN STREETS: OBSERVATIONAL DATA AND AN INTERVENTION TO DECREASE TAILGATING
This paper describes research that implemented a method to collect tailgating data in an urban setting. Reliable data was produced on over 25,000 drivers and is reported on the effectiveness of 2 hand-held roadside signs admonishing drivers not to tailgate. One of these signs (with a reference to crashes) had a significantly positive impact on drivers' tailgating behavior. Drivers followed with an average headway of 2.11 seconds when the sign was absent, compared to 2.29 seconds when the sign was present. Other results indicating positive influences on drivers' tailgating behavior are provided.
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Authors:
- Michael, P G
- Leeming, F C
- Dwyer, W O
- Publication Date: 2000-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: p. 55-64
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
- Volume: 3
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 1369-8478
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13698478
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobile drivers; Automobile driving; Following distance; Highway transportation; Tailgating; Traffic safety; Traffic signs; Traffic signs by purpose; Urban areas; Urban highways
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00796050
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Jul 21 2000 12:00AM