CRASH-REDUCING CHEVRON PAVEMENT MARKINGS TO BE TESTED IN UNITED STATES

Painted patterns on roadways that might cause drivers to slow down, reducing traffic accidents in high-crash areas, will soon be field tested in the United States and Canada. According to a new study sponsored by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and conducted by the Texas A&M University's Texas Transportation Institute, two types of traffic markings, tried in other parts of the world, have demonstrated an effectiveness at accident reduction: a pattern of chevrons or "V"-shaped stripes used in Japan and a pattern of straight bars that cross the road and grow closer together as they approach the intersection, used in Great Britain and South Africa.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Johnson Hill Press

  1233 Janesville Avenue, P.O. Box 803
  Fort Atkinson, WI  United States  53538-0803
• Authors:
  • Heydorn, A
• Publication Date: 1996-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 18-19
• Serial:
  • Pavement Maintenance & Reconstruction
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Cygnus Business Media
  • ISSN: 1098-5875

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Road markings; Signs; Striping
• Uncontrolled Terms: Reduction (Decrease)
• Geographic Terms: South Africa; United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Chevron signs
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00725696
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 3 1996 12:00AM