Highway Design and Operations Standards Affected by Driver Characteristics, Volume II: Final Technical Report

McGee, Hugh W.; Hooper, Kevin G.; Hughes, Warren E.; Benson, William

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Highway Design and Operations Standards Affected by Driver Characteristics, Volume II: Final Technical Report

1983-04-01
By McGee, Hugh W. ; Hooper, Kevin G. ; Hughes, Warren E. ; ...

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Creators:

McGee, Hugh W. ; Hooper, Kevin G. ; Hughes, Warren E. ; Benson, William
Corporate Creators:

Bellomo-McGee, Inc. ; Andrulis Research Corporation
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety and Traffic Operations R&D
Subject/TRT Terms:

Design Standards Drivers Operations Reaction Time Vision Walking
Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA-RD-83-015
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Final report
Contracting Officer:

Gordon, Donald A.; Pilkington, George B.
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Abstract:

This report documents an evaluation of driver characteristics and how they affect highway design and traffic operations standards. The study involved the identification of all standards which are a function of a driver characteristic; the development of a population profile for each characteristic; calculation of the sensitivity of each standard to realistic changes in a driver characteristic; and recommendation of changes to current specification values for driver characteristics and to standards. The study found generally inadequate consideration of driver characteristics in the development and application of current standards. The report provides detailed examination of the driver characteristics perception-reaction time, driver eye height, vision, information processing capacity, age, sex, and pedestrian walking speed. The report recommends modifications to several design and operations standards which currently do not accurately depict the actions required of the driver in a particular situation or do not adequately compensate for the needs of the driving population.
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PDF
Funding:

DTFH61-81-C-00057
Collection(s):

Federal Highway Administration
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