Freeway drivers : describing and shaping merging behaviour. Paper prepared for the 55th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board TRB, Washington, D.C., January 1976.

Freeways have proven to be much more forgiving of driving error and much less likely to induce errors, compared to less expensive arterial highways. Drivers have had not much guidance in how drive on freeways, and in spite of the many years of experience no clear set of rules has been forthcoming. This paper discusses the freeway merge behaviours observed in three different types of design and makes conclusions on specific behaviours to be promoted, as well as those to be discouraged. Traffic engineering and public educational means of achieving these are discussed.