Motorist compliance with standard traffic control devices.

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• Creators:
  Pietrucha, Martin T. ; Opiela, Kenneth S. ; Knoblauch, Richard L. ; Crigler, Kristy L.
• Corporate Creators:
  Center for Applied Research ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic control devices
  • Human factors
  • Behavior
  • Compliance
  • Driver education
  • Traffic violations
  • Countermeasures
  • Field tests
  • Automobile drivers--Attitudes
  • Traffic violations
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-RD-89-103
• Resource Type:
  Manuscript
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  This report describes a study of motorist compliance with standard traffic control ; devices. The research included a comprehensive review of past studies, contacts ; with traffic, law enforcement, and department of motor vehicles personnel, and an ; a?sessment of the viability of other information sources for identifying and ; quantifying motorist noncompliance. It was concluded that while there is ; considerable concern about motorist noncompliance, little data existed to ; determine the frequency of occurrence or consequences of the problem. ; To determine the reasons for noncompliance, motorists were interviewed. The ; interviews included both typical motorists and those having high violation rates. ; It was found that compliance is generally a function of perceived reasonableness ; of the traffic controls. Field studies to observe motorist behavior were ; conducted to establish the extent of noncompliance. Six noncompliance problems ; were selected and data were gathered at over 900 sites in four States. The ; results indicate that, ·although noncompliance is not uncommon (e.g., not making ; a full stop at a STOP sign), the occurrence of conflicts resulting from the ; noncompliance was insignificant. ; Potential countermeasures for increasing compliance were identified with the ; assistance of a panel of highway safety experts. Before/after field studies were ; conducted to evaluate several of the potential countermeasures that involved ; engineering changes. Limited changes in compliance were observed.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-86-C-00026
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25685/dot_25685_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.12 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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