Commissioned by the Netherlands Transport Research Centre (AVV), a study was carried out into the effects of overtaking prohibitions. The main purpose is to determine quantitatively and qualitatively the effects of the application of overtaking prohibitions on regional main roads (100 km/h speed limit) and 80 km/h 'distributors' with two by one lanes on: the quality of traffic performance, the capacity and traffic flow; and on the subjective and objective road safety. This report describes phase 2 of the study, namely the practical research. The following two roads with overtaking prohibition were selected: the N206 in the province of Zuid-Holland (80 km/h), and the N266 in the province of Noord-Brabant (80 km/h). The two selected roads without overtaking prohibition were: the N48 in the province of Overijssel (100 km/h), and the N279 in the province of Noord-Brabant (80 km/h). Initially, the N301 in the province of Flevoland was selected and not the N279. Phase 2 consists of the following parts: video observations of traffic behaviour concerning overtaking and overtaking prohibitions on the four selected roads; an analysis of this behaviour; a limited accident analysis; a written questionnaire held amongst users of the following two roads: the N206 and the N266; and a limited study into the effect of overtaking prohibitions on the use of these two roads and the roads in the surrounding area. For abstracts of the phases 1 and 3 see C 23350 and C 23352 respectively.
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