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| Project Information | ||
| Project ID: | FHWA-PROJ-11-0106 | |
| Project Name: | Driver Behavior on Horizontal Curves Pilot Study | |
| Project Status: | Completed | |
| Start Date: | December 1, 2011 | |
| End Date: | June 30, 2012 | |
| Contact Information | ||
| Last Name: | Shurbutt | |
| First Name: | Jim | |
| Telephone: | 202-493-3420 | |
| E-mail: | jimmy.shurbutt@dot.gov | |
| Office: | Office of Safety Research and Development | |
| Team: | Human Factors Team [HRDS-30] | |
| Program: | Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center | |
| Laboratory: | Human Factors Laboratory | |
| Project detail | ||
| Project Description: | The minisimulator will be used to perform an experimental evaluation determining the effect familiarity with roadway, inattention, being in a hurry, and other possible variables have on driver performance on rural two-lane roadways with horizontal curves. | |
| Goals: | The key project objective is to gain a better understanding of critical precrash events occurring before run-off-road (ROR) crashes on rural two-lane roadways with horizontal curves. | |
| Test Methodology: | Participants will be exposed to variables in simulation. | |
| Expected Benefits: | The expected benefit is to gain a better understanding of driver precrash behavior. | |
| FHWA Topics: | Safety--Local and Rural Road Safety | |
| TRT Terms: | Highway Curves Rural Roads Safety Research Driver Errors Simulation |
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| FHWA Disciplines: | Safety |
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| Subject Areas: | Safety and Human Factors |
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