Download or read book Driver Expectancy in Highway Design and Traffic Operations written by Gerson J. Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expectancy relates to a driver's readiness to respond to situations, events, and information in predictable and successful ways. This report describes the concept of driver expectancy in the context of the driving task, and provides examples of expectancy and expectancy violations. It includes a procedure for identifying general and specific expectancy violations to enable engineers to develop remedial treatments to deal with expectancy problems.

Download or read book Positive Guidance in Traffic Control written by Gerson J. Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The progress that has been made in developing the positive guidance concept is documented, and the meaning of positive guidance, the philosophy of driver performance upon which it is based the nature of the driving task at those locations where positive guidance is applicable, and a procedure for its application are discussed. This report describes what must be done to improve the information system at hazardous locations. Positive guidance which is an information system matched to the facility characteristics and driver attributes, is based on the premise that a driver can be given sufficient information where he needs it and in the form that he can best use to avoid hazards.

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Download or read book Highway Safety Design and Operations Guide 1997 written by and published by AASHTO. This book was released on 1997 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A replacement to the publication entitled 'Highway design and operational practices related to highway safety', also known as 'The Yellow Book', and most recently published in 1974.

Download or read book Improving the Highway System by Upgrading and Optimizing Traffic Control Devices Final Report written by Harold Lunenfeld and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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