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Driver’s Speed Reduction Behavior at Highway–Rail Intersections

Young J. Moon and Fred Coleman, IIIView all authors and affiliations
Volume 1692, Issue 1
https://doi.org/10.3141/1692-11

Abstract

Speed data as a component of driver behavior were measured at two sites where four-quadrant gates are under consideration. Previous research work assumed a constant speed approach for vehicles approaching and crossing a highway–rail intersection with four-quadrant gates. Video data collection techniques were used to statistically test whether vehicle speeds were constant or reduced on approach. The findings were that drivers do reduce their speed on approach to highway–rail intersections, which requires adjusting four-quadrant-gate timing to avoid vehicle entrapment.

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Volume 1692, Issue 1
Pages: 94 - 105
Article first published: January 1999
Issue published: January 1999

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Young J. Moon
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 3150 NCEL, 205 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
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Fred Coleman, III
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 3150 NCEL, 205 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
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