Research Article
Nov 1971
The Driver and the Road
This article has a reply.
VIEW THE REPLYPublication: Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 97, Issue 4
Abstract
Highway safety begins with the basic geometric design of the highway to meet the driver's needs. The sourves of information available to the driver are examined and it is suggested that the formal information system (signs, signals, and markings) is secondary in importance to the driver's perspective view of the roadway. The concept of driving expectancy is defined for engineering application. The application of this concept requires that the actions of a design driver be defined in general terms. It is logically concluded that the design driver should be a driver who is unfamiliar with the roadway; also a set of driving postulates is presented. The need for coordination of geometric design features and the roadway information system is stressed.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 97 • Issue 4 • November 1971
Pages: 609 - 617
Copyright
© 1971 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Published in print: Nov 1971
Published online: Feb 5, 2021
Permissions
Request permissions for this article.
Authors
Affiliations
Donald L. Woods, M.ASCE
Assoc. Research Engr., Texas Transportation Inst. and Assoc. Prof. of Civ. Engrg., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, Tex.
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.
View Options
Get Access
Access content
Please select your options to get access
Log in/Register
Log in via your institution (Shibboleth)
ASCE Members:
Please log in to see member pricing
Purchase
Save for later Item saved, go to cart Information on ASCE Library Cards
ASCE Library Cards let you download journal articles, proceedings papers, and available book chapters across the entire ASCE Library platform. ASCE Library Cards remain active for 24 months or until all downloads are used. Note: This content will be debited as one download at time of checkout.
Terms of Use: ASCE Library Cards are for individual, personal use only. Reselling, republishing, or forwarding the materials to libraries or reading rooms is prohibited.
Terms of Use: ASCE Library Cards are for individual, personal use only. Reselling, republishing, or forwarding the materials to libraries or reading rooms is prohibited.
Get Access
Access content
Please select your options to get access
Log in/Register
Log in via your institution (Shibboleth)
ASCE Members:
Please log in to see member pricing
Purchase
Save for later Item saved, go to cart Information on ASCE Library Cards
ASCE Library Cards let you download journal articles, proceedings papers, and available book chapters across the entire ASCE Library platform. ASCE Library Cards remain active for 24 months or until all downloads are used. Note: This content will be debited as one download at time of checkout.
Terms of Use: ASCE Library Cards are for individual, personal use only. Reselling, republishing, or forwarding the materials to libraries or reading rooms is prohibited.
Terms of Use: ASCE Library Cards are for individual, personal use only. Reselling, republishing, or forwarding the materials to libraries or reading rooms is prohibited.