OVERTAKING AND PASSING UNDER ADVERSE VISIBILITY CONDITIONS - VOLUME I, SUMMARY REPORT

THE RESEARCH REPORTED IN THIS STUDY REPRESENTS ONE PART OF AN OVERALL PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM OR SYSTEMS TO HELP DRIVERS SOLVE DISCRIMINATION AND JUDGMENT PROBLEMS ON RURAL HIGHWAYS THAT LEAD TO HAZARDOUS OVERTAKING PASSING SITUATIONS AND REDUCTIONS IN LEVEL OF SERVICE. THE STUDY SOUGHT TO DEFINE THE REQUIREMENTS OF OVERTAKING AND PASSING MANEUVERS ON TWO-LANE RURAL ROADS IN TERMS OF BOTH DRIVER JUDGMENT AND CONTROL PROCESSES UNDER ADVERSE VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. VOLUME I DISCUSSES GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND DESCRIBES THEIR RELATION TO THE TECHNICAL APPROACHES ADOPTED BY THE INVESTIGATORS. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PRESENTED AND THE RESEARCH SUPPORTING THEM IS SUMMARIZED. THE BEST TYPE OF INFORMATION TO PRESENT TO THE DRIVER IS A DISPLAY OF LEAD-CAR-ON-COMING-CAR TIME SEPARATION. RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE VELOCITY AND DISTANCE JUDGMENTS IN SITUATIONS WHERE A TIME DISPLAY WOULD NOT BE FEASIBLE WERE ALSO MADE. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE DURING OVERTAKING AND PASSING MANEUVERS INCLUDED SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE ROADWAY, STANDARDIZING MARKINGS AND PASSING ZONES, PROPER VEHICLE DESIGN AND OPERATION, AND DRIVING TRAINING IN PASSING TASKS.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report No 1-218, 59 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Farber, E
  • Cassel, A
• Publication Date: 1969-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Distance; Driver training; Judgment (Human characteristics); Level of service; Passing; Road markings; Rural highways; Time; Two lane highways; Vehicles; Velocity; Visibility
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225610
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 24 1970 12:00AM