The Effects of Truck Size on Driver Behavior

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

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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
Corporate Creators:

Institute for Research (State College, Pa.)
Contributors:

Roberts, King
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research
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Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA-RD-81-170
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Final Report
Contracting Officer:

Roberts, K.
Corporate Publisher:

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

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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DOT-FH-11-9155
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[PDF - 77.89 MB]
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