TOURISTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN STUDY TO IMPROVE MOTORIST GUIDE SIGNS AT FREEWAY INTERCHANGES

THE AVERAGE MOTORIST HAS BEEN PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE THE DESIGN OF HIGHWAY GUIDE SIGNS AND THE CONTENTS OF THE INFORMATION ON SUCH SIGNS. THE PROJECT WILL SIMULATE DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROADWAY SCENES WILL BE PRESENTED ON SLIDES, AND EXAMPLES OF CURRENT SIGNING AND ADVANCED GRAPHIC GUIDE SIGNING WILL BE SUPERIMPOSED ON THE HIGHWAY SIGN PANELS. THE SIGN WILL BE PRESENTED FOR ONE SECOND, AND THE VOLUNTEER PARTICIPANTS, ACTING AS DRIVERS, WILL INDICATE WHICH TRAFFIC LANE THEY SHOULD BE IN TO REACH THE DESTINATION THEY WILL BE TOLD TO SEEK. ADVANCED GRAPHIC GUIDE SIGNS ARE PICTORIAL OR MAP REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ROUTE CHOICES AVAILABLE. LABORATORY PROCEDURES ARE SOUGHT FOR TESTING GRAPHIC GUIDE SIGNS, TO SET CRITERIA SUCH AS SELECTING INTERCHANGES THAT COULD USE GRAPHIC SIGNS, AND TO MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH SIGNS.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Safety Bureau /US

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• Publication Date: 1970-4-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Drivers; Driving simulators; Guide signs; Highways; Interchanges; Laboratory tests; Photography; Tourists; Traffic signs
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic sign design
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225737
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Department News
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 3 1970 12:00AM