COMPARISON OF DRIVER BEHAVIOR ON LIGHTED AND UNLIGHTED HIGHWAYS

DURING THE FALL OF 1957 THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS IN COOPERATION WITH THE ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS, THE COOK COUNTY AND WAYNE COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS, AND THE CITY OF DETROIT, DEPARTMENT OF STREETS AND TRAFFIC, CONDUCTED DRIVER BEHAVIOR STUDIES AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS ON FREEWAYS IN THE CHICAGO AND DETROIT AREAS. SOME OF THESE WERE LIGHTED AND OTHERS UNLIGHTED. DRIVER BEHAVIOR AT NIGHT ON THE LIGHTED AND UNLIGHTED SECTIONS WILL BE COMPARED WITH THE DAYTIME BEHAVIOR. /ARTICLE/

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbbulletin/191/191-009.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
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• Authors:
  • Normann, O K
• Publication Date: 1958

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 1p
• Monograph Title: Night visibility, 1958
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 191
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Behavior; Daylight; Drivers; Freeways; Night; Street lighting; Urban areas; Urban highways
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway driver; Freeway lighting
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223234
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 29 1970 12:00AM