LINEMARKING TO RESTRICT OVERTAKING ON CURVES
THE S.A.A. CODE 'ROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES' PROVIDES FOR THE MARKING OF UNBROKEN SEPARATION LINES TO PROHIBIT OVERTAKING AT POINTS OF RESTRICTED SIGHT DISTANCE ON HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CURVES. IT DEFINES THE 'NO OVERTAKING SIGHT DISTANCE' AS 300 FT. (URBAN) AND 500 FT. (RURAL). THE ORIGIN OF THESE DISTANCES IS NOT KNOWN BUT IT IS ASSUMED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED EMPIRICALLY. OBSERVARIONS SHOW THE NEED FOR REVISION TO SUIT MODERN CONDITIONS. SIGHT DISTANCES AND METHODS OF LINEMARKING HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE UNITED STATES, NEW ZEALAND, AND BY THE COUNTRY ROADS BOARD, VICTORIA, BOTH THEORETICALLY AND FROM PRACTICAL EXPERIMENTS. THE DEPARTMENT OF MAIN ROADS, NEW SOUTH WALES, HAS UNDERTAKEN A STUDY ON AN EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL BASIS, AND THE FINDINGS OF THIS STUDY ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS PAPER. THE ACCEPTANCE AND OBSERVANCE OF ANY SYSTEM OF SEPARATION LINEMARKING MUST RELY ON THE GOOD SENSE AND AWARENESS OF DRIVERS, ON WHOM THE ONUS TO OVERTAKE SAFETY MUST ALWAYS REST. THE MORE CLOSELY THAT LINEMARKING STANDARDS APPROACH A PRACTICE ACCEPTABLE TO DRIVERS, THE GREATER A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE ENGENDERED IN THE DRIVER AND THE MARKINGS WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO COMMAND HIS RESPECT. /AUTHOR/
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Melbourne, Victoria Australia -
Authors:
- TURNER, J C
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- Publication Date: 1966
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 552-69
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Serial:
- Volume: 3
- Issue Number: Pt1
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Curves (Geometry); Distance; Driver improvement programs; Empirical methods; Passing; Road markings; Sight distance; Time; Traffic control devices
- Uncontrolled Terms: Separation
- Old TRIS Terms: Driver improvement effort; Line; Time factor; Traffic marking
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00225196
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
- Files: TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Apr 19 1994 12:00AM