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Book Driver Behavior at Rail highway Crossings Final Report

Download or read book Driver Behavior at Rail highway Crossings Final Report written by Neil Lerner and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Driver Behavior Analysis at Highway rail Grade Crossings Using Field Operational Test Data light Vehicles Final Report

Download or read book Driver Behavior Analysis at Highway rail Grade Crossings Using Field Operational Test Data light Vehicles Final Report written by Tashi Ngamdung and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Abstract: The U. S. Department of Transportation's (U.S. DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration's (RITA) John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), under the direction of the U.S. DOT Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Research and Development (R&D), conducted a research study focused on collecting and analyzing data related to driver behavior at or on approach to highway-rail grade crossings. Volpe Center reviewed and coded 4,215 grade crossing events involving light vehicle drivers collected during a recent field operational test of vehicle safety systems. The data collected for reach grade crossing included information about drivers' activities, driver and vehicle performance, driving environment, and vehicle location at or on approach to highway-rail grade crossings. / One of the findings of the data analysis was that, on average, drivers were likely to engage in secondary tasks 46.7 percent of the time. Additionally, results showed that drivers failed to look either left or right on approach to passive grade crossings approximately 35 percent of the time. The ultimate objective of this research study is to assess basic driver behavior at highway-rail grade crossings so as to identify potential driver education/awareness strategies that would best mitigate risky driver behavior at grade crossings."--Technical report documentation page.

Book Driver Behavior Analysis at Highway rail Grade Crossings Using Field Operational Test Data light Vehicles Final Report

Download or read book Driver Behavior Analysis at Highway rail Grade Crossings Using Field Operational Test Data light Vehicles Final Report written by Tashi Ngamdung and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Abstract: The U. S. Department of Transportation's (U.S. DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration's (RITA) John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), under the direction of the U.S. DOT Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Research and Development (R&D), conducted a research study focused on collecting and analyzing data related to driver behavior at or on approach to highway-rail grade crossings. Volpe Center reviewed and coded 4,215 grade crossing events involving light vehicle drivers collected during a recent field operational test of vehicle safety systems. The data collected for reach grade crossing included information about drivers' activities, driver and vehicle performance, driving environment, and vehicle location at or on approach to highway-rail grade crossings. / One of the findings of the data analysis was that, on average, drivers were likely to engage in secondary tasks 46.7 percent of the time. Additionally, results showed that drivers failed to look either left or right on approach to passive grade crossings approximately 35 percent of the time. The ultimate objective of this research study is to assess basic driver behavior at highway-rail grade crossings so as to identify potential driver education/awareness strategies that would best mitigate risky driver behavior at grade crossings."--Technical report documentation page.

Book Driver Behavior Analysis at Highway Rail Grade Crossings Using Field Operational Test Data Light Vehicles

Download or read book Driver Behavior Analysis at Highway Rail Grade Crossings Using Field Operational Test Data Light Vehicles written by U.s. Department of Transportation and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U. S. Department of Transportation's (U.S.DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration's (RITA) John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), under the direction of the U.S.DOT Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Research and Development (R&D), conducteda research study focused on collecting and analyzing data related to driver behavior at or on approach to highway-rail grade crossings.VolpeCenter reviewedand coded 4,215 grade crossing eventsinvolving light vehicle drivers collected during a recent field operational test of vehicle safety systems.The data collected for each grade crossing included informationabout drivers' activities, driver and vehicle performance, driving environment, and vehicle location at or on approach tohighway-rail grade crossings.

Book Investigating the Role of Driver Decision Styles in Highway rail Crossing Accidents

Download or read book Investigating the Role of Driver Decision Styles in Highway rail Crossing Accidents written by Najmedin Meshkati and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research was designed to take a closer look at the ways by which driver decision-making styles affect highway-rail crossing (HRC) accidents. That is, a simplistic approach of portraying human error, as the cause of most HRC accidents, needs to be augmented with a more complex theory of human decision-making process while performing driving tasks before and during a highway-rail intersection. Video and still photos were taken to identify the intersections appropriate for this study. The intersections were among many in the Los Angeles metro area with crossings that demanded certain driver maneuvers with potential accident consequences. Based on these selections, both field and laboratory experimental sessions were designed to study three sets of variables: driver decision styles, conditions in the intersection environment that could influence these decisions (environmental complexity) and the driver maneuvers to cross the intersection. The variable of distraction inside the crossing intersection was also studied using recall versus recognition tests. The parametric tests (analysis of variance) showed significant differences in the drivers' scores for the decision style variable. However, other variables showed no significant results. The same results were shown using the chi-square nonparametric test. These results showed that driver decision style is an important factor in the way drivers perceive and behave in highway-rail crossings. Further research was recommended to study the effect of each intersection design feature on driver behavior.

Book Rail highway Crossings Study

Download or read book Rail highway Crossings Study written by United States. Office of Highway Safety and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last report to Congress on rail-highway crossing safety was in 1971-72. Since then, several actions and changes have occurred. These are discussed in the Executive Summary which is included in this report. This discussion is followed by 8 chapters. The final chapter summarizes the findings of this study on each of nine identified issues, as well as other issues identified during the course of the study.

Book Driver Behavior Analysis at Highway rail Grade Crossings Using Field Operational Test Data

Download or read book Driver Behavior Analysis at Highway rail Grade Crossings Using Field Operational Test Data written by U.s. Department of Transportation and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driver behavior analysis at highway-rail grade crossings using field operational test data : heavy trucks /

Book Driver Behavior Analysis at Highway rail Grade Crossings Using Field Operational Test Data

Download or read book Driver Behavior Analysis at Highway rail Grade Crossings Using Field Operational Test Data written by Tashi Ngamdung and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The United States Department of Transportation's (U.S. DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration's (RITA) John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), under the direction of the U.S. DOT Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Research and Development (R&D), conducted a research study focused on collecting and analyzing data related to driver characteristics at or on approach to highway-rail grade crossings. Volpe Center reviewed and coded 3,171 grade crossing events involving heavy vehicle drivers collected during a recent field operational test of vehicle safety systems. The data collected for each grade crossing included data about drivers' activities, driver and vehicle performance, driving environment, and vehicle location at or on approach to highway-rail grade crossings. / One of the findings of the data analysis was that, on average, drivers were likely to engage in secondary tasks, an indicator of distraction, about 21 percent of the time while traversing a highway-rail grade crossing. Additionally, results showed that drivers failed to look either left or right on approach to passive grade crossings about 41 percent of the time. The ultimate objective of the research is to provide the basic driver behavior research needed to identify potential driver education/awareness strategies that would best mitigate risky driver behavior at grade crossings."--Technical report documentation page.

Book Safety Features of Stop Signs at Rail highway Grade Crossings

Download or read book Safety Features of Stop Signs at Rail highway Grade Crossings written by James H. Sanders and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Drivers Behavior at Railroad Grade Crossings

Download or read book Drivers Behavior at Railroad Grade Crossings written by K. A. Brewer and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 1991 the Iowa Department of Transportation, the CNW Transportation Company, the SOO Line, and local agencies and business in the Mason City/Clear Lake area initiated an Operation Lifesaver program to attempt to increase public awareness of safety issues and safe behavior at railroad-highway grade crossings. This document reports an initial study of data on traffic characteristics at a selected set of grade crossings in Cerro Gordo County taken before and after the safety program. Twenty-two crossings were studied. The 13 crossings at which collisions were reported for the five years prior to the study were included in the sample of sites. Two field observations were made at each study crossing before the Operation Lifesaver campaign was in full swing, and two observations were made after the conclusion of the main effort of the campaign. The summary of each data set is contained in a companion volume. The research shows that Operation Lifesaver altered drivers' behavior in the following ways: (1) reduced approach speeds and crossing speeds at crossings with low speed limits, (2) reduced the percent of drivers approaching the crossing at speeds in excess of the posted speed limit, and (3) increased alertness of drivers to railroad crossing hazards as evidenced by more drivers looking for a clear track. Thus, Operation Lifesaver enhanced safety in street and highway traffic operations in the vicinity of railroad-highway grade crossings.

Book Driver Behavior at Highway Railroad Grade Crossings electronic Resource

Download or read book Driver Behavior at Highway Railroad Grade Crossings electronic Resource written by U. S. Department Of Transportation and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driver behavior at highway-railroad grade crossings [electronic resource] : a literature review from 1990-2006.

Book Rail highway Crossing Safety

Download or read book Rail highway Crossing Safety written by Terry M. Klein and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report was prepared as part of the June 1994 Departmental Rail-Highway Crossing Safety Action Plan. Initiative V.B, Data and Research-Demographics, called for a study describing the circumstances under which fatal rail crossing crashes occur and characteristics of the drivers involved in such crashes. This report compares fatal motor vehicle rail crossing crashes with fatal crashes occurring at intersections and all fatal crashes. Data from NHTSA's Fatal Accident Reporting System, supplemented with information from Claritas, a commercially available geodemographic database, were used to provide the descriptive statistics.