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Field studies were designed to measure the effects of pavement markings on driver behavior at freeway lane drop exits. Number and location of lane changes and erratic maneuvers upstream of three lane drop exits were the measures of effectiveness used to describe driver behavior. The data from two sites directly revealed--and the data from a third site indicated--that drivers are moving into or out of the exiting lane further upstream of the lane drop gore in the in the after period than in the before period. The before-and-after studies also revealed that the number of erratic maneuvers within the entire study segment decreased with the installation of the markings. The largest decrease was in the number of one-lane lane changes through the gore.

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Figures (12) ; References (4) ; Tables (3)

Before and after studies; Behavior; Drivers; Field studies; Freeways; Lane changing; Lane drops; Problem drivers; Reckless drivers; Road markings

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control

TRIS, TRB

Dec 12 1995 12:00AM

• APPLICATION OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO RAIL-HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSING SAFETY
• COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ADVANCE WARNING SIGNS AT HIGH SPEED SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS
• CURVE RADIUS PERCEPTION ACCURACY AS FUNCTION OF NUMBER OF DELINEATION DEVICES (CHEVRONS)
• DETECTABILITY OF PAVEMENT MARKINGS UNDER STATIONARY AND DYNAMIC CONDITIONS AS A FUNCTION OF RETROREFLECTIVE BRIGHTNESS
• EFFECTIVE USE OF VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS: LESSONS LEARNED THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF USERS' MANUALS
• EFFECTS OF LATERAL SEPARATION BETWEEN DOUBLE CENTER-STRIPE PAVEMENT MARKINGS ON VISIBILITY UNDER NIGHTTIME DRIVING CONDITIONS
• EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS AT TWO-WAY STOP-CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS IN ALASKA
• EVALUATION OF ACCURACY OF U.S. DOT RAIL-HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT PREDICTION MODELS
• EVALUATION OF PROPOSED MINIMUM RETROREFLECTIVITY REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAFFIC SIGNS
• EVALUATION OF STROBE LIGHTS IN RED LENS OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS
• HIGH-VOLUME PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK TIME REQUIREMENTS
• KNOWLEDGE-BASED PERSONAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR APPLYING AND PLACING CURVE DELINEATION DEVICES
• LOSS OF VISIBILITY DISTANCE CAUSED BY AUTOMOBILE WINDSHIELDS AT NIGHT
• MOTORIST INTERPRETATION OF YELLOW X AND YELLOW DIAGONAL ARROW IN FREEWAY LANE CONTROL SIGNAL ARRAY
• TRAFFIC SIGN READING DISTANCES AND TIMES DURING NIGHT DRIVING
• VISIBILITY OF NEW PAVEMENT MARKINGS AT NIGHT UNDER LOW-BEAM ILLUMINATION
• VISIBILITY OF NEW YELLOW CENTER STRIPES AS A FUNCTION OF OBLITERATION
• YELLOW PAVEMENT MARKINGS WITH YELLOW NIGHTTIME COLOR