EVALUATION OF SPEED CONTROL SIGNS FOR SMALL RURAL TOWNS

This article describes the results of a comprehensive experiment dealing with speed control and driver behavior when approaching and driving through small town speed zones on a high-speed, rural, two-lane highway. The basic objective of the experiment was to develop safe practical traffic control devices which alert drivers to the need for speed reduction when approaching concentrated areas of rural population and invoke voluntary compliance with the speed regulatory devices, thereby increasing safety in vehicle operation. Twelve different configurations of speed limit signs and warning devices were evaluated.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Koziol Jr, J S
  • Mengert, P H
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 23-31
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 41
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile drivers; Behavior; Drivers; Highway traffic control; Rural highways; Safety; Signs; Speed control; Speed signs; Traffic control devices; Two lane highways; Warning signs
• Old TRIS Terms: Speed control signs
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165185
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 29 2003 12:00AM