Optimizing the use of amber in traffic signals.

Author(s)
McGill, W.A.
Year
Abstract

An investigation of various ways of using amber in traffic signals is conducted, in which the desirability of permanent changes throughout the traffic system is investigated by means of changes within a particular sub system is a section of major arterial road, and observations are made of traffic starting braking and stopping at consecutive signals along it. Systematic variation of amber usage prove to produce some alterations in patterns of driver behaviour which are given.

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Library number
A 9844 (In: A 9817 [electronic version only]) IRRD 55737
Source

In: Proceedings of the Fifth Conference of the Australian Road Research Board, Canberra 1970 vol. 5(1970) prt. 3 blz. 95 /110 paper no. 670. Presented at the 5th conference ARRB, Canberra 1970.

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