SHOULDER OCCUPANCY ON RURAL HIGHWAYS

A STUDY OF STOPPING PRACTICES ON THIRTY-THREE RURAL HIGHWAY SECTIONS IS PRESENTED. THE FOLLOWING SIGNIFICANT FACTS WERE OBSERVED: (1) THERE WAS ONE LEISURE STOP FOR EVERY 2800, AND ONE EMERGENCY STOP FOR EVERY 12,000, VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL. (2) NEARLY 75% OF ALL STOPS WERE LEISURE STOPS. (3) MORE THAN 40% OF THE LEISURE STOPS OBSERVED BETWEEN 8:00 A.M. AND 8:00 P.M. OCCURRED BETWEEN NOON AND 3:00 P.M. (4) THREE PERCENT OF ALL ACCIDENTS OCCURRED WHILE OTHER VEHICLES WERE PARKED ON SHOULDERS, BASED ON AVAILABLE ACCIDENT REPORTS. (5) ACCIDENTS INVOLVING SHOULDER STOPS WERE MORE CRITICAL ON THE 4-LANE HIGHWAYS.

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/38/38-029.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 38, pp 547-575, 13 FIG, 12 TAB, 5 REF, 1 APP. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Billion, C E
  • Blensley, R C
  • Byars, W J
• Publication Date: 1959

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 5-9, 1959
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 38
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Road shoulders; Rural highways; Stopping; Traffic crashes; Traffic surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Stopped vehicles; Traffic studies
• Old TRIS Terms: Shoulder usage
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203572
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 3 1971 12:00AM