NTL Record

Title Seven Experiment Designs Addressing Problems of Safety and Capacity on Two-Lane Rural Highways : Volume 6. Experimental Design for Comparative Evaluation of Warning-Advisory and Regulatory Traffic Control Devices
Record ID 48984
Personal Name
Creator
King, G. F.; Abramson, P.; Cohen, J. W.; Wilkinson, M. R.
Source 56p. in various pagings
Corporate
Contributor
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.); United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 19780501
Language English
Abstract The overuse of regulatory type signing on highways has been found to cause motorists to ignore all signing. In this experimental design, advisory-warning signs, regulatory signs and a combination of the two types will be tested in four experiments. The first experiment will compare curve signing; the second, intersection signing; the third, no passing zone signing; and fourth, signs for steep downgrades. A state-of-the-art survey and bibliography are included. A questionnaire for use in the no passing zone and downgrade experiments is appended.
Rosap ID dot:10469
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10469
TRT Terms Highway capacity; Rural highways; Two lane highways; Divided highways; Highway safety; Warning signs; Warning systems; Intersections; Safety engineering; State of the art studies; Traffic control devices; Traffic signs
General Subjects Experimental design
Classification NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION;
NTL - OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS - OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Highway Safety
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Report Number DOT-TSC-FHWA-78-02-6; PB-284 408
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/48000/48900/48984/DOT-TSC-FHWA-78-02-6.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository