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This investigation consists of two parts. In the first part, a study was made of overtaking behaviour on 13-metre roads with a paved shoulder and a large variation in traffic flows. In this part, the study covers both behaviour in overtaking with the aid of the paved shoulder, i.e., "passing", and normal overtaking. In the first case, overtaking takes place without a change of lane, while the vehicle being overtaken is on the paved shoulder, overtaking is thus performed without the driver having to interfere with oncoming traffic. This behaviour is characteristic in about 85 percent of all catching up situations. The remaining 15 percent consists of normal overtaking, where the lane for oncoming traffic is used. The second part concerned overtaking behaviour on 9-metre roads, where only normal overtaking occurs.

VTI Rapport 372A, Part 3

English

v.p.

1991-9

VTI Rapport

Proceedings of the Conference, Strategic Highway Research Program and Traffic Safety on Two Continents, Part Three

Figures (1) ; Tables

Behavior; Drivers; Passing; Paved shoulders; Rural highways; Two lane highways

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control

TRIS, TRB

Dec 2 1993 12:00AM

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