01514641

Monograph

This issue contains 10 papers concerned with trucks, buses, motorcycles and mopeds. Specific topics addressed include: burnout and accident involvement in occupational drivers; large trucks in roundabouts; driver gap acceptance behavior at modern roundabouts; stability control systems for motorcoach buses; injury outcomes of crashes involving heavy vehicles; motorcycling costs and benefits; rider trajectory and injury outcome in motorcycle-to-barrier crashes; powered two-wheelers in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia; motorcycle and motor scooter use in Victoria, Australia; and motorcyclists’ attitudes and behavior in Florida.

English

86p

2013

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309287135

Print

Figures; References; Tables

Buses; Mopeds; Motorcycles; Motorcyclists; Roundabouts; Truck drivers; Trucking safety; Trucks; Vehicle safety

Florida; Melbourne (Australia); Victoria (Australia)

Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I90: Vehicles; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 12 2014 11:03AM

• Accommodation of Large Trucks in Roundabouts: Motor Carrier Perspective
• Effect of Burnout on Accident Involvement in Occupational Drivers
• Lessons Learned from Motorcyclist Surveys: Riders’ Attitudes and Behaviors in Florida
• Modeling Injury Outcomes of Crashes Involving Heavy Vehicles on Texas Highways
• Motorcycle and Motor Scooter Use in Victoria, Australia
• Relationship Between Rider Trajectory and Injury Outcome in Motorcycle-to-Barrier Crashes
• Safety Benefits of Stability Control Systems for Motorcoach Buses
• Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Driver Gap Acceptance Behavior at Modern Roundabouts
• Use of Powered Two-Wheelers in an Australian Capital City: Melbourne’s Central Business District
• Who Rides and Who Pays: Comprehensive Assessment of Motorcycling Costs and Benefits in the United States