Förarbeteende i gatukorseningar i relation till företradesregler och vägutformning : en explorativ studie. (Driver behaviour at intersections as related to priority rules and road design. An exploratory study.)

Author(s)
Helmers, G. & Aberg, L.
Year
Abstract

In order to study the basis for driver behaviour in passing different urban intersections an experiment was carried out. Forty intersections were divided into different principal types regarding both geometric design (three-way- and four-way-crossings) and priority rules (the right of way rule, the give-way-rule, and the right-hand-rule). The following variables were studied: (1) the driver's maximum horizontal turning of the head, (2) speed, (3) the driver's verbal description of his driving behaviour and (4) the driver's knowledge of the legally valid priority rule. The results show that the road user behaviour is to a large extent systematic, but at the same time that the existing priority rules are violated at certain types of intersection.

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Library number
B 15235 S /83/ IRRD 237675
Source

Linköping, Statens Väg-och Trafikinstitut VTI (Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute), 1978, VIII + 23 p., + app., 5 ref.; VTI Rapport No. 167

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