ROAD USER CHARACTERISTICS

In this paper various categories of road users have been identified. Their characteristics like age, experience, training, educational and social attainments etc that affect traffic safety are considered. Carefully planned action programmes for traffic safety are suggested. The covering abstract for the proceedings is TRIS 368005. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings and Recommendations of the Seminar on Safety Management in Road Transport, January 23-24, 1981, Madras.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Road Transport

  13 Patullos Road
  Madras, Tamil Nadu,   India 
• Authors:
  • Radhakrishnan, K
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 107-108
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Institute of Road Transport
  • Publisher: Institute of Road Transport

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Conferences; Driver experience; Driver training; Drivers; Education; Knowledge; Law enforcement; Planning; Prevention; Publicity; Safety; Social factors; Traffic control; Traffic safety; Traffic signals; Travelers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Programs
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway user characteristics
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 1571: Driver training; 2284: Education; 1534: Enforcement (law); 2225: Experience (human); 143: Planning; 8573: Publicity; 1755: Road user; 1665: Safety; 654: Traffic control; 565: Traffic signal
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00368014
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1982 12:00AM