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The maneuvering of Powered-Two-Wheeler (PTW) does not follow lane discipline, and can make flexible lane changing and overtaking in mixed traffic. Aggressive PTW riders may have very different behavioral characteristics as compared to the others. The aim of this study is to investigate the heterogeneity in the driving behavior of PTWs in a traffic stream. An approach is proposed to identify the aggressive riders and find out the factors contributed to the modeling of aggressiveness. The authors argue that separating the aggressive PTW riders from the others can help to categorize their behavioral models and be potentially useful for implementation in traffic simulation model for mixed traffic. The study is based on a vehicle trajectory dataset collected from a four-lane urban arterial in Taipei, Taiwan. Results show that vehicle speed, number of overtaking and lane changing actions, and gap acceptances, are factors associated with aggressiveness.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF30 Motorcycles and Mopeds.

01550057

15-1165

English

15p

2015

Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Aggression; Behavior; High risk drivers; Lane changing; Moped drivers; Motorcyclists; Passing; Two wheeled vehicles; Vehicle mix

Taipei (Taiwan)

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2015 Paper #15-1165

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 30 2014 12:28PM