The Effects of Truck Size on Driver Behavior

Seguin, E. L.; Crowley, K. W.; Harrison, Paul C. Jr.; Perchonok, Kenneth; Institute for Research (State College, Pa.)

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The Effects of Truck Size on Driver Behavior

1982-03-01
By Seguin, E. L. ; Crowley, K. W. ; Harrison, Paul C. Jr. ; ...

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Seguin, E. L. ; Crowley, K. W. ; Harrison, Paul C. Jr. ; Perchonok, Kenneth

Seguin, E. L. ; Crowley, K. W. ; Harrison, Paul C. Jr. ; Perchonok, Kenneth Less -
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Institute for Research (State College, Pa.)
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Roberts, King
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research
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Drivers Driving Behavior Lane Changing Narrow Bridges Passing Trucks Vehicle Size
Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA-RD-81-170
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Tech Report
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United States
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Final Report
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Roberts, K.
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research
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This report discusses the effects of truck size on the behavior of drivers who interact with trucks in selected roadway situations. Specifically, truck length/configuration was addressed in a freeway entrance merge, mainline lane change, and narrow bridge situations while truck width was studied in a rural two-lane, two-way passing situation. Field work involved the collection of microscopic traffic measures via the Traffic Evaluator System in addition to observations of erratic maneuvers and truck type for the length/configuration studies. Length/configuration had little or no effect on interacting drivers as judged from the data available. The truck/width passing study employed an impedance factor to induce passing of an experimentally widened vehicle. Increasing truck width was found to be conducive to increased prepass headways, reduced lateral distance between passers (overtaking and oncoming) and the truck, and reduced lateral distance between oncomers and the road edge. However, no increases in shoulder encroachments by passers or acceptances of small gaps were found.
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