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Title:

SPEED REGULATION AND CONTROL ON RURAL HIGHWAYS

Accession Number:

00226229

Record Type:

Monograph

Abstract:

INCREASES IN VEHICLE SPEED AND HORSEPOWER, THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC VOLUME, AND THE RISING ACCIDENT RATE ALL POINT TO THE NEED FOR BETTER SPEED REGULATION. THIS SPECIAL STUDY REPORTS SPEED STUDIES DONE TO DATE, ISOLATING SEVERAL FACTORS: TYPE OF VEHICLE, TIME OF DAY, PRESENCE OF OTHER VEHICLES, TRAFFIC VOLUMES, ROADWAY WIDTHS, LANE WIDTHS, PAVEMENT CONDITION, AND DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF NON-UNIFORM LEGISLATION AND NIGHT VISIBILITY ARE TREATED. COURT ACTION, SPEED ZONING, DRIVER EDUCATION, STATED SPEED SIGNS, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, GOVERNORS, AND WARNING SIGNS ARE DISCUSSED IN CONNECTION WITH SPEED REGULATION. LAW-ENFORCEMENT METHODS WERE FOUND TO BE IN NEED OF REVISION TO MEET EVER-CHANGING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.

Supplemental Notes:

87 Pp, 27 FIG, 20 TAB, 21 REF, 3 APP

Corporate Authors:

Highway Research Board

2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20418

Authors:

Paustian, R G

Publication Date:

1940

Uncontrolled Terms:

Speed laws

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jun 18 1972 12:00AM