TRB Pubsindex
Text Size:
x

« Prev Next »

Return to Results | New Search

Bookmark and Share

Title:

Professional Drivers in the Traffic Environment: Understanding of and Compliance with Traffic Regulations

Accession Number:

01550137

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The traffic environment can be characterized as a technical system in which users interact with system objectives to quickly and safely move from one point to another. To achieve the system objectives it is necessary for the system to be easy to understand and comply with. The purpose of the present study is to examine professional driver's understanding of the rule governing giving right of way to pedestrians at unguarded pedestrian crossings as well as their compliance with maximum permitted speeds. One hundred and ninety six professionals from different transport companies located in Sweden participated in the study. The main results showed that the professional drivers’ understanding of the rule governing giving right of way to pedestrians was quite insufficient, even though, they had considerable confidence in their understanding of that rule. Furthermore, their general attitude was to comply with the maximum speed permitted, even though, they often exceeded it.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF10 Pedestrians.

Monograph Accession #:

01550057

Report/Paper Numbers:

15-0328

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Gärling, Anita
Johansson, Charlotta
Rosander, Peter

Pagination:

16p

Publication Date:

2015

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2015-1-11 to 2015-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Photos; References (17) ; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Sweden

Subject Areas:

Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2015 Paper #15-0328

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 30 2014 12:14PM