DRIVER AGE DIFFERENCES IN DAY AND NIGHT GAP ACCEPTANCE CAPABILITIES

This paper reports on how different age drivers, including older drivers, who are crossing or entering major streets at two-way, stop- sign-controlled intersections measure and accept gaps occurring in traffic flow on the major streets in order for them to enter or cross the intersection. Their gap acceptance was studied under daytime and nighttime conditions. The study used a variation on the critical gap definition as used in the Highway Capacity Manual. An acceptable gap in this study is a value that half the drivers would accept. Older drivers required significantly longer gaps during nighttime. Other findings suggest traffic engineering of these intersections should take into consideration variations in drivers' age.

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• Corporate Authors:

  International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences

  6-20, Yaesu 2-chome, Chuo-ku
  Tokyo 104-0028,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Dissanayake, S
  • Lu, J J
  • Yi, P
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 71-79
• Serial:
  • IATSS Research
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences
  • ISSN: 0386-1112

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged drivers; Drivers; Gap acceptance; Night visibility; Teenage drivers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Two-way stop control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00934525
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 3 2002 12:00AM