Integration of human behaviour in French road tunnel safety improvement

The new regulatory provisions on safety in tunnels of the French road network, dated August 2000, integrate the behaviour of the operator and the user. The paper first presents these provisions and describes the behaviour expected both from the operator and the user in case of incident; then it highlights the actual behaviour of the various actors involved via the lessons drawn from safety training exercises and feedback on experience. The paper finally presents projects under progress aimed on the one part at improving and maintaining the expertise of the operators, and on the other part at a better understanding of the users' behaviour - and their determinants to integrate them in the future into the design and operation of tunnels. (A)

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• Authors:
  • TESSON, M
  • LAVEDRINE, S
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 43-9
• Serial:
  • TUNNEL MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: ITC LTD
  • ISSN: 1463-242X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Design; Education; Emergencies; Highways; Human factors; Personnel; Planning; Safety; Traffic control; Tunnels
• Geographic Terms: France
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 9011: Design (overall design); 2284: Education; 2184: Emergency; 8036: France; 2755: Highway; 2257: Human factor; 102: Personnel; 143: Planning; 1665: Safety; 654: Traffic control; 3374: Tunnel
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I25: Design of Tunnels; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01011924
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 20 2005 11:32AM