DRIVER-VEHICLE BEHAVIOUR IN RESTRICTED PATH TURNS

An experiment was conducted in which drivers negotiated a test course containing thirteen low-speed curves with well-defined lateral boundaries (restricted-path turns), but were free to select their speed of travel. No evidence is found that the "preferred yaw rate" behaviour exhibited in free-path turns is relevant to restricted-path driving. The results indicate that the maximum lateral acceleration developed was the major determinant of speed selection on a given radius curve, the level adopted decreasing with increased curve radius. The deviations of the vehicle paths from the set-out curves are examined in detail. The effect of experimental instructions designed to elicit "normal" and "stressed" driving strategies is also investigated. The data obtained appear to provide the first comprehensive collection of detailed information on driver-vehicle behavior over a range of curve geometries. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Taylor & Francis

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  Abingdon,   United Kingdom  OX14 4RN
• Authors:
  • Good, M C
  • Joubert, P N
• Publication Date: 1977-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 217-248
• Serial:
  • Ergonomics
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0014-0139
  • EISSN: 1366-5847
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/terg20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Behavior; Curves (Geometry); Driver performance; Drivers; Highway curves; Motor vehicles; Personnel performance; Radius; Speed; Tests; Traffic speed; Vehicles
• ITRD Terms: 5405: Acceleration; 1057: Air transport network; 2872: Bend (road); 1772: Driver; 6402: Radius; 5408: Speed; 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164383
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 16 1978 12:00AM