ARTÍCULO
TITULO

Evaluation of Human Behaviour at Pedestrian Crossings

Emese Mako    
Petra Szakonyi    

Resumen

Road traffic crashes result from a combination of factors related to the road layout, the vehicles, the road users and the way they interact. First the main causes of pedestrian fatalities and the safety effects of road measures (traffic lights, roundabouts and refuge islands) at pedestrian crossings before and after implementation were investigated. The results indicate that there is a strong evidence for the positive effect of these measures especially on the number of the pedestrian related accidents. In the next phase a site survey was conducted in order to estimate the irregular crossing manoeuvres of car drivers and pedestrians at designated pedestrian crossings. Having analysed the irregular movements according to the type of crossing it was found, that car drivers behave the most irregularly at crossings without a refuge island. Crossings equipped with flashing yellow lights, refuge islands and traffic lights require a much more appropriate behaviour from car drivers. In the next phase of the research the waiting time of pedestrians and the delay of vehicle drivers again at pedestrian crossings were surveyed. Our results suggest that there is a need for a strong contribution of the human and the engineering fields to obtain an even more positive change in the safety of vulnerable road users.

 Artículos similares

       
 
Oleh Zachko, Dmytro Kobylkin, Oleh Kovalchuk, Viacheslav Markov     Pág. 49 - 56
The subject of the study is the personnel management information system. Infrastructure design processes of the framework model of complex socio-technical systems for project management and human resource management programs, formation of a database of m... ver más

 
Yassir Aichi,Mustapha Bassiri,Said Benmokhtar,Said Belaaouad     Pág. pp. 107 - 116
The particularity of E- Assessment is that it allows to combine the assessment of personality with that of personal and interpersonal values. It is this joint assessment that makes all the richness and interest of digital assessment for human resources p... ver más

 
Gahizi Emmanuel,Andi Wahju Rahardjo Emanuel,Djoko Budiyanto Setyohadi     Pág. pp. 271 - 279
Community health workers (CHWs) are the basis of public health services that aim to connect the gap between public health and the human service system. This gap can be completely bridged by navigating the health and human service systems and educating co... ver más

 
Sumitra Nuanmeesri     Pág. pp. 84 - 100
Using spoken language is the easiest and most natural way of communication for human beings. The communication between humans and machines using sounds or language is a huge move forward. This article demonstrates the development of a mobile application ... ver más

 
Oleh Avrunin, Alexey Trubitcin, Olga Isaeva, Viktoriia Klymenko     Pág. 127 - 133
The subject of the article is the study of the color characteristics of video dermatoscopic images of affected skin areas of children with atopic dermatitis and the development of an automated diagnostic system for processing and analysis of dermatoscopi... ver más