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Towards a structurally safe traffic system : The development of self-explaining roads

dc.contributor.authorTheeuwes, Jan
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-14T20:41:27Z
dc.date.available2014-11-14T20:41:27Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses the concept of a structurally safe traffic system. The design of many roads and their developed a road environment which elicits safe and adequate traffic behavior simply by its design. The present paper discusses the basic ideas underlying Self-Explaining Roads, and some empirical data regarding road categorization. Criteria for road design which will increase the Self-Explaining character of roads are identified. typical appearance reflect the way these roads developed through history. Because the road design is not considered as a system property optimally adapted to human capabilities and limitations, there is by no means a structurally safe traffic system. The crucial question is how potential errors occurring in traffic can be reduced by revising and redesigning the lay-out of the road environment. As a means to this end, the so called «Self-Explaining Road» (SER) has been developed a road environment which elicits safe and adequate traffic behavior simply by its design. The present paper discusses the basic ideas underlying Self-Explaining Roads, and some empirical data regarding road categorization. Criteria for road design which will increase the Self-Explaining character of roads are identified.por
dc.description.abstractRESUMO------Neste artigo é analisado o conceito de sistema rodoviário com segurança estrutural. O design de muitas estradas e a respectiva aparência típica reflectem a forma como elas foram sendo desenvolvidas ao longo da história. Pelo facto de o design de estradas não ser considerado como uma característica do sistema que deve ser adaptado as capacidades e limitações humanas, não existe em rigor um sistema rodoviário com segurança estrutural. A questão crucial reside em saber como é que os erros potenciais dos condutores podem ser reduzidos através da revisão e de um novo design do ambiente rodoviário. Para atingir esta finalidade tem sido desenvolvida a chamada «Self-Explaining Road» (SER), isto é um meio viário que promove a segurança e comportamentos de condução adequados simplesmente devido ao seu design. Neste artigo são analisadas as idéias básicas subjacentes is «Self-Explaining Roads» e alguns dados empíricos sobre a categorização o de estradas. São identificados critérios de design que aumentam as características desejadas nas estradas.por
dc.identifier.citationAnálise Psicológica, 13(3), 287-290por
dc.identifier.issn0870-8231
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/3197
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherISPA - Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicadapor
dc.titleTowards a structurally safe traffic system : The development of self-explaining roadspor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceLisboapor
oaire.citation.endPage290por
oaire.citation.startPage287por
oaire.citation.titleAnálise Psicológicapor
oaire.citation.volume13por
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor

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