LEFT TURNINGS SAVE TIME

This paper reports an experimental study which investigated the effect of the direction of turn on walking speed on curved paths. The results show that the time required to walk a curved path anticlockwise (a left-hand turn) is significantly less than the time required to walk the same path clockwise (a right-hand turn). Effects of the radius or arc followed at the turn of load have also been investigated.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Taylor & Francis

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• Authors:
  • Suhail, A
  • Haleem, A
• Publication Date: 1985-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1483-87
• Serial:
  • Ergonomics
  • Volume: 28
  • 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: Curves (Geometry); Left turns; Right turns; Speed; Time; Walking; Walkways
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495714
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 566
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM