THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO TYPES OF WITNESS APPEAL SIGN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING. VOLUME 3

The effectiveness of two types of sign which appeal for witnesses to serious traffic accidents was investigated. One type (old sign) presents verbal information on a single board. The other type (new sign) presents a mixture of verbal and pictorial information in a sequence of three component signs. Data concerning the noticing, description and interpretation of these signs were collected from drivers and pedestrians by means of roadside interviews conducted after subjects had passed one or other type of sign. The central finding was that the new sign was more effective than the old sign in communicating the witness appeal message to drivers, largely because it was much more effective for pedestrians.

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  Taylor & Francis

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• Authors:
  • MANSTEAD, ASR
  • LEE, J S
• Publication Date: 1979-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1125-40
• Serial:
  • Ergonomics
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0014-0139
  • EISSN: 1366-5847
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/terg20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Cast in place concrete; Communications; Crashes; Deformation; Design; Drivers; Economic efficiency; Embankments; Evaluation and assessment; Foundations; Gender; Landslides; Loads; Mat foundations; Measures of effectiveness; Pedestrians; Piles (Supports); Retaining walls; Slope stability; Slopes; Steel; Strength of materials; Stresses; Traffic crashes; Traffic signs; Witnesses
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Efficiency; Slope (Gradient)
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic sign design
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 9098: Communication; 9011: Design (overall design); 1772: Driver; 5911: Efficiency; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 553: Traffic sign
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Geotechnology; Highways; Law; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00319618
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 19 1981 12:00AM