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Driver behaviour during flashing green before amber: a comparative study.
- Source :
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Accident; analysis and prevention [Accid Anal Prev] 2004 Mar; Vol. 36 (2), pp. 273-80. - Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- The paper discusses the results of extensive measurements of drivers' stopping behaviour during signal programmes with and without flashing green before amber. Ten locations in Switzerland, Austria, and Germany were recorded with a video camera and analysed using an image-processing system. About 5000 cycles were documented. The analysis shows that the flashing green increases the number of early stops, as drivers tend to underestimate the duration of the time to the end of amber. Discrete choice models of the stopping behaviour are estimated for inclusion in suitable microsimulation models of traffic flow. The model results show that speed and distance to stop line, and their interaction (potential time to the stop line with unchanged speed) explain the stopping process.
- Subjects :
- Austria
Germany
Humans
Probability
Risk-Taking
Rural Population statistics & numerical data
Spatial Behavior
Switzerland
Urban Population statistics & numerical data
Automobile Driving psychology
Automobile Driving statistics & numerical data
Choice Behavior
Environment Design statistics & numerical data
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0001-4575
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Accident; analysis and prevention
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 14642882
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0001-4575(03)00005-8