WRONG-WAY DRIVING (DRIVER CHARACTERISTICS, EFFECTIVENESS OF REMEDIAL MEASURES AND EFFECT OF RAMP TYPE)

THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING WRONG-WAY DRIVING ON FREEWAYS AND EXPRESSWAYS IN CALIFORNIA ARE DESCRIBED. DATA CONCERNING WRONG-WAY DRIVING INCIDENTS OBSERVED DURING THREE SEPARATE 9-MONTH PERIODS WERE FURNISHED BY TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND USED IN THESE STUDIES. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PREVENTIVE MEASURES INSTALLED ON FREEWAYS AND EXPRESSWAYS AS A RESULT OF PREVIOUS STUDIES WAS TESTED USING THE BEFORE-AND-AFTER STUDY METHOD. BOTH THE INCIDENTS OF WRONG-WAY DRIVING AND WRONG-WAY DRIVING ACCIDENTS WERE USED IN THESE BEFORE-AND-AFTER STUDIES. IN ADDITION 168 WRONG-WAY DRIVERS WERE INTERVIEWED AND BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ARE PRESENTED. THE RELATIVE SAFETY (AS FAR AS WRONG-WAY DRIVING IS CONCERNED) OF VARIOUS TYPES OF OFF-RAMPS HAS BEEN MEASURED AND AVERAGE RATES OF WRONG-WAY ENTRY ARE GIVEN. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No 2, PHASE 3, 84 PP, 7 FIG, 30 TAB, 12 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  California Division of Highways

  Bridge Department
  Sacramento, CA  United States  05914
• Authors:
  • Tamburri, T N
  • Lowden, P R
• Publication Date: 1968-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Crashes; Drivers; Expressways; Freeways; Human characteristics; Interviewing; Off ramps; Ramps; Safety; Traffic law enforcement; Wrong way driving
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225608
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 19 1971 12:00AM