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Title: DRIVER RESPONSE TO AMBER PHASE OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS
Accession Number: 00222761
Record Type: Component
Abstract: OBSERVATIONS OF MOTORIST RESPONSE TO THE AMBER PHASE OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS OBTAINED AT FIVE INTERSECTIONS, REPRESENTING THREE SPEED ZONES, ARE PRESENTED. THE DATA GIVE AN ESTIMATE OF THE PROBABILITY OF STOPPING FOR VEHICLES AS A FUNCTION OF THEIR DISTANCE FROM THE INTERSECTION AT THE ONSET OF THE AMBER PHASE OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THE RESULTS LEAD NO SUPPORT TO A POPULAR HYPOTHESIS: THAT IS, THAT DRIVERS TEND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A LONG AMBER PHASE BY TREATING IT AS AN EXTENSION OF THE GREEN. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY ARE COMPARED WITH OTHER INVESTIGATIONS PERTAINING TO AMBER PHASE LENGTHS AND INPLICATIONS OF THIS WORK FOR THE DESIGN OF AMBER PHASES ARE DISCUSSED. /AUTHOR/
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Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01410711
Authors: Olson, Paul LRothery, RichardPagination: pp 40-51
Publication Date: 1962
Serial: Conference:
41st Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
Location:
Washington DC, United States Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures
(4)
; References
(5)
; Tables
(8)
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Aug 12 1994 12:00AM
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