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Study of Drivers' Behavior at Passive Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings.
| 题名： | Study of Drivers' Behavior at Passive Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings. |
| 作者： | russell, e. r. shah, h. d. rys, m. j. |
| 关键词： | passive signs, warning devices |
| 摘要： | Railway Highway grade crossing safety has always been a concern in the United States. This report presents an overview of drivers behavior at different active and passive warning sign systems present at railroad-highway grade crossings. The report summarizes past studies on controversies over use of STOP sign at grade crossings, a history of guidelines over the years in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and problems associated with passive signs, including the STOP sign and YIELD sign at grade crossings. A field study is conducted on nine grade crossings with selected warning devices to determine driver stopping behavior with various warning devices at passive grade crossings during day and night. Statistical analysis and comparisons are done for stopping of school buses, heavy trucks and other vehicles, poor sight distance vs good sight distance approaches at grade crossings, and grade crossings with parallel highway vs grade crossings without parallel highway. After conducting the field study it was found that the majority of drivers did not stop at the STOP signs at the grade crossings. Results from the comparison between stopping behavior of school bus, heavy truck and other vehicles showed that heavy trucks had a poorer compliance percentage than all other vehicles (not including school buses). / Supplementary Notes: Sponsored by Kansas Dept. of Transportation, Topeka. / Availability Note: Order this product from NTIS by: phone at 1-800-553-NTIS (U.S. customers); (703)605-6000 (other countries); fax at (703)605-6900; and email at orders@ntis.gov. NTIS is located at 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA, 22161, USA. |
| 总页数： | u0802；125p |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
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