Title: Effectiveness of the Driver Feedback Signs for Speeds on a Two Lane Rural Highway
Abstract: The paper reports some experimental studies on the impact of the driver feedback signs for speeds on drivers’ behaviour. For this aim spot speeds have been collected on a two lane rural highway at the hinterland of Bari (Italy). It has been appropriately chosen according to its geometric and environmental characteristics. Data were collected using both a hidden radar speed detector and a radar reporting current speeds on a panel clearly visible by the drivers. The analysis of the collected data seems to suggest the existence of a time dependent function of the “awareness” of the drivers to the exposure of these signs. The paper also reports about the original way followed to quantify the impact that these signs have on the driving behaviour; it also gives a correlation between the drivers’ awareness of finding the signs and the impact that it has on their behavior. Interesting conclusions about the effects of these kind of signs have been drawn.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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