PILOT STUDY ON THE CONFLICT TECHNIQUE
项目名称: PILOT STUDY ON THE CONFLICT TECHNIQUE
摘要: A PILOT STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN AT A JUNCTION IN THE TOWN OF GRAZ IN ORDER TO EXAMINE THE CONFLICT TECHNIQUE (OBSERVATION OF BEHAVIOUR BY TRAINED OBSERVERS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDING OF CONFLICTS). A JUNCTION WAS CHOSEN WHICH HAS HAD A BAD ACCIDENT RECORD SINCE 1974, WHERE ROAD USERS FELT THEMSELVES TO BE IN DANGER, WHERE IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ALTER STRUCTURAL FEATURES, AND WHERE A NEW DESIGN WAS PLANNED. A DISTINCTION WAS MADE BETWEEN MILD AND SERIOUS CONFLICTS: THE FORMER IS DEFINED AS A CONTROLLED BUT FAIRLY SUDDEN BRAKING OR CHANGE OF LANE TO AVOID A COLLISION; THE LATTER AS AN UNCONTROLLED MANOEUVRE (SUDDEN DECELERATION, CHANGE OF DIRECTION). IN THE FIRST PART OF THE STUDY ALL CONFLICTS WHICH OCCURRED WITHIN A PERIOD OF 8 HOURS WERE RECORDED, AND IN THE SECOND PART THE JUNCTION WAS REDESIGNED AFTER AN ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS (INSTALLATION OF AREAS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC AND INTRODUCTION OF A PROHIBITION ON STOPPING). CONFLICTS WERE AGAIN RECORDED. IN THE THIRD PART ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE WAS PROVIDED (HATCHED SURFACINGS AND AREAS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC) AND CONFLICT OBSERVATION CARRIED OUT. IT WAS SHOWN THAT THE CONFLICT TECHNIQUES ENABLES THE EFFICIENCY OF TRAFFIC CONTROL AND GUIDANCE MEASURES AT A JUNCTION TO BE MEASURED IN THE SHORT TERM, BEFORE THE OCCURRENCE OF ACCIDENTS, WITHOUT GREAT COSTS OR LOSS OF TIME.
状态: Completed
资助组织: KURATORIUM FUER VERKEHRSSICHERHEIT
项目负责人: HOEFNER, K;Schuetzenhoefer, A
执行机构: VERKEHRSPSYCHOLOGISCHES INSTITUT DES KFV GRAZ<==>KURATORIUM FUER VERKEHRSSICHERHEIT, VERKEHRSPSYCHOL. INST. (HOEFNER)
开始时间: 19770500
实际结束时间: 19780600
主题领域: Research;I83: Accidents and the Human Factor
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