Author: John E. TidwellPublisher:
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Category : Automobile drivers
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Driver and Pedestrian Comprehension of Pedestrian Law and Traffic Control Devices
Author: John E. TidwellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobile drivers
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Pedestrian and Motorist Comprehension of Pedestrian Laws and Traffic Control Devices
Author: Devin P. DoylePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pedestrian accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Analysis of Pedestrian Comprehension of Traffic Control Devices and Crosswalk Behavior
Author: Aleksandar LoncarevicPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pedestrian accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Pedestrian Laws in the United States
Author: John W. EnglishPublisher:
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Category : Pedestrians
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Pedestrian Facilities Users Guide: Providing Safety and Mobility
Author: Charles V. ZegeerPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428995501
Category : Pedestrian accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This guide is intended to provide information on how to identify safety and mobility needs for pedestrians with the roadway right-of-way. Useful for engineers, planners, safety professionals and decision-makers, the guide covers such topics as: the Walking Environment including sidewalks, curb ramps, crosswalks, roadway lighting and pedestrian over and under passes; Roadway Design including bicycle lanes, roadway narrowing, reducing the number of lanes, one-way/two-way streets, right-turn slip lanes and raised medians; Intersections with roundabouts, T-intersections and median barriers; and Traffic calming designs.
Pedestrian Safety
Author: The Pedestrian in the Transportation System
Author: Charles B. StokePublisher:
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Category : Pedestrians
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
During its 1989 session, the Virginia General Assembly passed House Joint Resolution No. 419. The Resolution requested that Virginia's pedestrian safety laws be studied and that recommendations for revisions of those laws be made to improve pedestrian safety. Data concerning motor vehicle crashes involving pedestrians, for the period from 1986 through 1988, were obtained and analyzed. During these 3 years, 389 pedestrians were killed, and 6,540 were injured. Pedestrians accounted for over 12 percent of the fatalities and nearly 3 percent of the injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes. The analysis of the data identified specific pedestrian, location, driver, and vehicle crash characteristics. It was found that nearly 90 percent of the pedestrians killed and 78 percent of those injured were over 9 years old. They were either not using crosswalks when crossing the roadway, or were .walking along the roadway, or were standing or working in the roadway. Nearly 55 percent of the pedestrians killed and 83 percent of those injured were in business and residential areas. Hit-and-run, speed limit violations, inattention, and avoiding maneuvers were the primary driver actions cited. The vehicle was going straight ahead in over 70 percent of the cases when a pedestrian was killed or injured. The Code of Virginia was analyzed as it applied to the rights, duties, and responsibilities of both pedestrians and motorists and as it addressed the pedestrian crash problem. It was found that the Code does not address several problems and deals inadequately with others. The following changes were suggested: add six definitions, clarify pedestrian right of way in crosswalks, require drivers to yield to pedestrians on sidewalks, require pedestrian obedience to traffic control devices, prohibit passing a loading or unloading bus on the right, to prohibit certain pedestrian actions at railroad crossings, regulate pedestrian crossing behavior at locations other than crosswalks, regulate pedestrian use of the highways, detail pedestrian response to emergency vehicles, require both motorists and pedestrians to use due care.
Investigating Pedestrian Components in Temporary Traffic Control
Author: Public Understanding and Acceptance of Traffic Control Devices
Author: Narinder K. ThakralPublisher:
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Category : Pedestrians
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Pedestrians and Traffic-control Measures
Author: Charles V. ZegeerPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
This synthesis will be of interest to traffic engineers, safety engineers, and others concerned with pedestrian safety. Information is presented on the traffic-control measures being used by states and local agencies to enhance pedestrian safety. Approximately 15 to 20 percent of all highway fatalities are pedestrians, and although most pedestrian accidents occur in urban areas, all agencies should pay more attention to the needs of pedestrians. This report of the Transportation Research Board describes and discusses more than 20 traffic-control measures and their effects on pedestrian safety, including the advantages and disadvantages of each and the conditions under which each is most and least likely to be of benefit.