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FIELD MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF FUNDAMENTAL DRIVER DECISION AND REACTION PARAMETERS AT A STOP-SIGNED INTERSECTION ARE REPORTED. THE FOLLOWING RESEARCH OBJECTIVES WERE PURSUED' /1/ A DETAILED EXAMINATION TO DETERMINE AND VERIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LAG AND GAP ACCEPTANCE OF DRIVERS WAITING AT A STOP SIGN, /2/ EVALUATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE FOLLOWING TRAFFIC FACTORS ON DRIVER DECISIONS' VEHICLE TYPE, PRESSURE OF TRAFFIC DEMAND, DIRECTION OF MOVEMENTS THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, SEQUENCE OF GAP FORMATION, AND CONDITIONS ON THE OPPOSING SIDE STREET APPROACH, AND /3/ DETERMINATION OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF STARTING DELAY TIME IN ACCEPTING LAGS AND GAPS, AND EVALUATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF CERTAIN TRAFFIC FACTORS ON THESE DISTRIBUTIONS. THE RESULTS SUPPORTED EARLIER FINDINGS WHICH INDICATED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAG OR GAP SIZE AND PERCENT ACCEPTANCE IS LOG-NORMAL. TRAFFIC FACTORS STUDIED WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCED DRIVER DECISIONS WERE PRESSURE OF TRAFFIC DEMAND, DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC MOVEMENT DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY DEMAND, AND SEQUENCE OF GAP FORMATION DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY DEMAND. THESE FACTORS HAD SIMILAR AND SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON STARTING DELAY TIMES.

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pp 68-84

1966

Highway Research Record

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Figures (16) ; References (12)

Decision making; Demand; Drivers; Emergency response time; Evaluation; Field tests; Gap acceptance; Intersections; Reaction time; Starting (Driving); Stop signs; Traffic; Traffic delays; Traffic flow; Travel patterns; Vehicles

Driver reaction; Field measurements; Starting; Traffic patterns

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment

TRIS, TRB

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• Analysis of On-Ramp Capacities by Monte Carlo Simulation
• Computer Model of Driving Behavior: The Highway Intersection Situation
• ESTIMATING ANNUAL AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC FROM SHORT-TERM TRAFFIC COUNTS
• LAG AND GAP ACCEPTANCES AT STOP-CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS
• SYNCHRONIZING TRAFFIC SIGNALS FOR MAXIMAL BANDWIDTH