Journal articles: 'Road users'

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Petersen, Christine M., and Patricia R. DeLucia. "Perception of Intention in Traffic Environments: A Systematic Review." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 66, no. 1 (September 2022): 953–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1071181322661396.

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To navigate safely in traffic environments, road users must correctly predict another road users’ intentions. Understanding how road users correctly predict the intent of other road users can help create possible countermeasures for collision avoidance. The aim of this paper is to examine what cues road users (drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians) use to successfully predict other road user’s intentions and to highlight gaps and outline future research directions. A systematic literature search using the PRISMA method was conducted, and twenty-seven articles were included in the review. Overall, the results from these studies suggest that observers use body language, cues exhibited by the road user, and seek eye contact, when making predictions of intent about another road user. Future research should aim to understand how specific cues impact a road user’s decision-making process and what factors (e.g., point of view or eye contact) modulate a road user’s prediction performance.

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Steinbergs, Raitis, and Maris Kligis. "Improving Traffic Safety By Using Waze User Reports." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1202, no. 1 (November 1, 2021): 012031. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/1202/1/012031.

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Abstract Road inspection regularity and existing types made by road maintenance crew have not been good enough to be aware what is really happening on the roads. Road users' contribution in road traffic safety is very important to ensure fast reaction on different road hazards. It is important to ensure not only the most common ways to report road hazards on state roads by phone, by email and on social media, but also expand data sources options in modern and user-friendly way. Waze navigation application already had functionality to report road hazards – to warn other application users, but no one acted to solve these road hazards until someone reported them through existing communication channels supported by Latvian State roads or Latvian road maintainer. To ensure better road traffic safety and faster reaction time on road hazards solving, Latvian road maintainer gained access to Waze report feed, and, in corporation with Riga Technical university, made a system for analysing and processing Waze data. As the result - Latvian roads maintainer can improve road safety by faster reaction to road hazards reported by Waze users. Today, up to 70 % from total reports processed by Latvian road maintainer are generated by Waze.

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Haddington, Pentti, and Mirka Rauniomaa. "Interaction Between Road Users." Space and Culture 17, no. 2 (December 30, 2013): 176–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1206331213508498.

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Čabarkapa, Milenko. "Inclusive road infrastructure safety management in the settlement: An approach to improving the safety of vulnerable road users." Tehnika 75, no. 6 (2020): 777–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/tehnika2006777c.

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In the last ten years, there has been a stabilization of traffic fatalities on the roads of the world. At the same time, the death toll of persons in the armor of vehicles was reduced, and the death toll of persons outside the armor of vehicles-vulnerable road users continued to grow. The most endangered are motorcyclists, then pedestrians and finally cyclists, both in developed countries of the European Union and in underdeveloped and developing countries. Lagging behind in reducing the fatalities of vulnerable road users requires innovation in research and the creation and implementation of new road safety management policies. In this aspect, inclusive road infrastructure safety management in the settlement can be a paradigm for the introduction and implementation of protection of vulnerable road users, persons with reduced mobility and persons with disabilities, through procedures to control road safety in the settlement, at all stages of the road life cycle: planning, design, construction and exploitation. The content of inclusive road infrastructure safety management in the settlement should include all areas of activity and all elements of the roads of the settlement, the improvement of which can raise the level of traffic safety of all users, so that the roads of the settlement are equally safe for all road users. At the same time, the risk of fatal traffic accidents on the roads of the settlement is indirectly exponentially related to the scope of the content of inclusive road infrastructure safety management in the settlement.

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Ahmadi Julaihi, Azlina. "Integrated Speed Bump Detector to notify road users using Internet of Things." Trends in Undergraduate Research 4, no. 2 (December 18, 2021): c1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.33736/tur.2783.2021.

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Every year all over the world, many lives are lost due to accidents on the roads. Different factors have contributed to this tragic death, such as the poor condition of roads and bad weather such as rain. To solve this problem, an Integrated Speed Bump Detector to notify road users using the Internet of Things (IoT) has been proposed to help road users to detect speed bumps earlier by getting notified through sound from the buzzer and red light from an LED. This also increases the safety of road users during their trips and provides information if a speed bump is approaching. The ultimate goal of this project is to prevent an accident from occurring during road trips and to promote a careful attitude among road users.

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Choudhary, Pratibha, and Prerana Arora. "Forgiving Roads Design – Way to achieve SDG 3.6." Ecology, Environment and Conservation 28 (2022): 193–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.53550/eec.2022.v28i07s.031.

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Road engineering is a major component of entire road ecosystem and its design plays a significant role in creating safe or unsafe road environment for any crash to be happen or not. Pillar 2 of Decade of Action for Road Safety talks about “Safer Road Infrastructure” where roads are to be designed to meet atleast 3 star safety ratings to 5 star ratings of safety standards of all types of road users – pedestrians, bicyclists, 2- wheeler and four wheeler motorized vehicles. Thus, a concept of Forgiving roads adopted where roads are designed with considering safety features that accepts the mistakes of road users and reduces the chances of intensity of fatalities and injuries on roads.

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Modipa, Mmakwena. "Exploration of Distracted Road Users in Road Traffic Accidents in South Africa." International Journal of Social Science Research and Review 5, no. 9 (September 9, 2022): 62–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.47814/ijssrr.v5i9.380.

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Distracted road users contribute to high rate of road traffic accidents globally and it is also prevalent in South Africa where many road users lose their lives on the road due to distraction. The inability of road users to adhere to the rules of the road with regard to the use of cell phones, driving while impaired, walking while impaired and all other means of distraction while on the road is a major problem in South Africa. Road users should be focused on the road and follow the rules of the road and avoid other aspects which could derail their journey and lead up to fatality as it is the case on South African roads. This article focused on distracted road users who contribute to high rate of road traffic accidents in South Africa. The article is based on a qualitatively rooted methodology including a wide range of primary and secondary sources. The article further draws on the findings from the world on road safety and formulate steps to road traffic accidents as a result of being distracted on the road. The research based key steps leading to prevention of road traffic accidents as a result of being distracted on the road in South Africa.

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Roundtree, Karina A., Steven Hattrup, Janani Swaminathan, Nicholas Zerbel, Jeffrey Klow, Vivswan Shitole, Abrar Fallatah, Roli Khanna, and Julie A. Adams. "Inclusive Design Guidance: External Autonomous Vehicle Interfaces." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 64, no. 1 (December 2020): 1054–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1071181320641253.

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Autonomous vehicles are expected on roads in the near future and need to interact safely with external road users, such as manual motor drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians. The particular needs of the external road users, such as children, adults, older adults, and individuals with visual, auditory, and/or cognitive impairments, will vary greatly and must be considered in order to design effective inclusive interfaces for all users. Current interface designs lack effective communication between an autonomous vehicle and external road users with regard to conveying and understanding the mobility intent of each party. The goal is to provide inclusive design guidance for an external human-vehicle interface that enables effective communication between autonomous vehicles and external road users. Factors related to communicating intent, the external road users, and environmental constraints, were used to inform the design guidance.

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Kishore Kumar, K., Atmakuri Sravan Kumar, Sunkari Amarnadh Gupta, and Sure Venkata Naga Parvesh. "Smart alert for smart transportation." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 1.7 (February 5, 2018): 146. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i1.7.10637.

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Road accident is mostly happened to a road user, though they happen quite often. The most unfortunate thing is that we don't learn from our mistakes on road. Most of the road users are quite well aware of the general rules and safety measures while using roads but it is only the laxity on part of road users, which cause accidents and crashes. Main cause of accidents and crashes are due to human errors. Many of the road accidents occurs in the human errors by overriding, drink and drive and don’t follow safety precautions on roads. Various national and international researchers have found these as most common behavior of Road drivers, which leads to accidents [4].So, we came up with an application to alert hospital emergency and cops. all the users can easily handle this application when accident emergency occur. In the same way we can save life of a person by occur road accident.

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Dermawan, Widodo Budi, and Dewi Nusraningrum. "ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGNS TO REDUCE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS FOR YOUNG ROAD USERS." ICCD 2, no. 1 (November 28, 2019): 601–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.33068/iccd.vol2.iss1.278.

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Every year we lose many young road users in road traffic accidents. Based on traffic accident data issued by the Indonesian National Police in 2017, the number of casualties was highest in the age group 15-19, with 3,496 minor injuries, 400 seriously injured and 535 deaths. This condition is very alarming considering that student as the nation's next generation lose their future due to the accidents. This figure does not include other traffic violations, not having a driver license, not wearing a helmet, driving opposite the direction, those given ticket and verbal reprimand. To reduce traffic accident for young road user, road safety campaigns were organized in many schools in Jakarta. This activity aims to socialize the road safety program to increase road safety awareness among young road users/students including the dissemination of Law No. 22 of 2009 concerning Road Traffic and Transportation. Another purpose of this program is to accompany school administrators to set up a School Safe Zone (ZoSS), a location on particular roads in the school environment that are time-based speed zone to set the speed of the vehicle. The purpose of this paper is to promote the road safety campaigns strategies by considering various campaign tools.

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Techtonia, Mayskhye, and A. M. Tri Anggraini. "ANALISIS TANGGUNG JAWAB PELAKU USAHA PT. JASA MARGA TERHADAP PELANGGARAN HAK KESELAMATAN KONSUMEN PENGGUNA JALAN TOL DITINJAU DARI PERATURAN PEMERINTAH NOMOR 15 TAHUN 2005 TENTANG JALAN TOL." Jurnal Hukum Adigama 1, no. 2 (January 30, 2019): 698. http://dx.doi.org/10.24912/adigama.v1i2.2910.

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Roads are one of the most important transportation infrastructures in people's lives and have an important role in the efforts to develop the life of the nation and state, especially the construction of toll roads that are safe and comfortable for journeys. But along with the development of the era, resulting in many problems that occur related to toll road safety, so the question arises: How is legal protection for consumers of toll road users in the right to safety on the highway? And How the Responsibilities of Business Actors PT. Jasa Marga regarding violations of consumer safety of toll road users in terms of Government Regulation Number 15 of 2005 concerning toll roads? As normative legal protection road users a toll had been arranged in several regulations which includes government regulation number 15 of 2005 and completed explicitly by law number 8 of 1999 on consumer protection. But what envisaged in the regulation in protecting and responsibility of have been given by PT. Jasa Marga not fully been implemented especially consumers road users toll in the soles safety on the highway

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Winarta, Widiana Putra, I. Nyoman Piarsa, and Ni Made Ika Marini Mandenni. "Geographic Information System for Mapping and Complaint of Damaged Roads." Jurnal Ilmiah Merpati (Menara Penelitian Akademika Teknologi Informasi) 9, no. 3 (July 19, 2021): 240. http://dx.doi.org/10.24843/jim.2021.v09.i03.p05.

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Indonesia is a massive archipelago of 1.919.400 km², containing roads that span at 542.000 km across various terrain conditions. This diverse geographic environment is a challenge to road constructions and repairs across the country, which has lead to disruption in public service and traffic accidents each year. We propose the Geographic Information System for Mapping and Complaint of Damaged Roads, a solution which can provide users a digital interface to report damaged roads to the transportation department in their area. This research uses Google Maps API to digitize and make a complaint about damaged roads. The result of this research is an android application for the users and a website application for the road managers. The android application is used by the users to make complaints of damaged roads. The web application is used by road managers to draw the road on Google Maps using polyline feature. With this our goal is to systematize the handling of damaged roads information, leading to faster service times and hopefully help reduce the level of traffic accidents in Indonesia. Keywords: Complaint, Damaged road, Geographic Information System, Google Maps, Road digitization.

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Muhammad, Prasetyo, Djoko Priambodo, Sonya Sidjabat, and Soma Ariyaka. "Analisis Kuantitatif untuk Uji Laik Fungsi Jalan Teknis dan Kondisi Kelaikan Jalan." Jurnal Teknik Transportasi 1, no. 2 (December 16, 2020): 137. http://dx.doi.org/10.54324/jtt.v1i2.540.

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Road function-feasibilty is a must on road providence. This are conveyed accordance to law. road function-feasibility must be done as government responsibility to give road users guarantee of safety and give legal certainty for the road providers. One of any effort road providers did to give safety guarantee to road users are by doing techincal road function-feasibiity test. Nowadays, the implementation still has problems, like, thes test form that used is not so applicative and the assessment tend to subjectivity from each road function-feasibility team members. Thereby an innovation needed so that the form can give an objective result. Another innovation did was how to determine the category of road function-feasibility and road feasibility condition. The result on determined tested road shown that road function-feasibility category is not feasible. The tested road must be maintained so that roads can have better road function-feasibility category and give more safety guarantee to all road users

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Dontsov, Alexander I., and Alexandra I. Kabalevskaya. "Gender Stereotypes among Road Users." Psychology in Russia: State of Art 6, no. 3 (2013): 150. http://dx.doi.org/10.11621/pir.2013.0313.

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Ferrari, Paolo. "Road pricing and users' surplus." Transport Policy 12, no. 6 (November 2005): 477–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.02.007.

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Eadington, D. W., and B. M. Frier. "Natural deaths of road users." BMJ 297, no. 6660 (November 26, 1988): 1403. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.297.6660.1403.

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Demasi, Francesca, Giuseppe Loprencipe, and Laura Moretti. "Road Safety Analysis of Urban Roads: Case Study of an Italian Municipality." Safety 4, no. 4 (December 1, 2018): 58. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/safety4040058.

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Attention to the most vulnerable road users has grown rapidly over recent decades. The experience gained reveals an important number of fatalities due to accidents in urban branch roads. In this study, an analytical methodology for the calculation of urban branch road safety is proposed. The proposal relies on data collected during road safety inspections; therefore, it can be implemented even when historical data about traffic volume or accidents are not available. It permits us to identify geometric, physical, functional, and transport-related defects, and elements which are causal factors of road accidents, in order to assess the risk of death or serious injuries for users. Traffic volume, average speed, and expected consequences on vulnerable road users in case of an accident allow us to calculate both the level of danger of each homogeneous section which composes the road, and the hazard index of the overall branch. A case study is presented to implement the proposed methodology. The strategy proposed by the authors could have a significant impact on the risk management of urban roads, and could be used in decision-making processes to design safer roads and improve the safety of existing roads.

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Modipa, Mmakwena. "Analysing factors contributing to road traffic accidents in South Africa." International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147- 4478) 11, no. 4 (June 5, 2022): 439–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.20525/ijrbs.v11i4.1715.

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Road Traffic accidents is a major problem worldwide even in South Africa is a leading killer on the road. Human factor is a main contributory factor to fatalities on the road as many road users are not adhering to the rules of the road. The inability of road users to understand and interpret the rules of the road is a major problem on South African roads. This article focus on preventive measures to curb factors contributing to road traffic accidents in South Africa. The article is based on a qualitatively rooted methodology including a wide range of primary and secondary sources such as documents from Road Traffic Management Corporation, academic books, articles, dissertations, thesis and reports from non-governmental organisations focusing on road safety. The article further draws on the findings from the world on road safety and formulate steps to counteract road traffic accidents in South Africa. Awareness of road safety play a critical component in changing the behaviour of the road users other than just focusing on reducing road traffic accidents. The research based key steps leading to the prevention of road traffic accidents. The first step related to increasing law enforcement officials on the road; awareness campaigns to change the behaviour of road users; capacitate law enforcement agencies with resources to address non-compliance on the road; provide anti- corruption strategies in the law enforcement agencies.

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Kalašová, Alica, and Zuzana Krchová. "Road Users' Risky Behavior: Analysis Focusing on Aggressiveness." International Journal of Vehicular Technology 2011 (July 31, 2011): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/810273.

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With transport and traffic developing permanently, we can meet more and more aggressive drivers on roads. We can see various kinds of aggressiveness and aggressive behavior that can lead to dangerous situations which can threaten one's health or even life. The problem of aggressive driving on the roads is becoming more current. Speeding, inappropriate gestures, and nonobservance of safe distance, are only a fraction of the aggressive behavior of many drivers that need to be solved in the road traffic. At present, the problem of aggressive driver behavior in Slovakia is not resolved yet.

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Vu, Manh Dung, Hirofumi Aoki, Tatsuya Suzuki, Sueharu Nagiri, Quy Hung Nguyen Van, Shouji Itou, and Akira Hattori. "An Analysis of Vulnerable Road Users Overtaking Maneuver along the Urban Road." Applied Sciences 11, no. 14 (July 9, 2021): 6361. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11146361.

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This paper discusses driving styles while overtaking a vulnerable road user who moves along the shoulder in urban roads. Based on the data obtained from an experiment in pre-defined conditions (combinations of four main effects: vehicle’s initial speed, lane width of the road, vulnerable road users’ type, and location in the shoulder) with an immersive driving simulator, we analyzed four different driving styles of drivers while approaching and passing the objects. It is shown that drivers took avoidance maneuvers even if there was no clear risk of collision to vulnerable road users. The results showed that the drivers tended to have a unique perception about the lateral passing gap and overtaking strategy with two worth notice groups: overcaution drivers and reckless drivers. The road characteristic has a statistically significant effect for all types of drivers. Moreover, the effect of the vehicle’s initial speed on overtaking strategy and the effect of vulnerable road user location on minimum lateral passing gap are statistically significant. The findings provide some implications for the development of automotive safety systems that can reduce the risk of overtaking maneuvers in urban areas.

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Asadi-Shekari, Zohreh, Ismaïl Saadi, and Mario Cools. "Applying Machine Learning to Explore Feelings about Sharing the Road with Autonomous Vehicles as a Bicyclist or as a Pedestrian." Sustainability 14, no. 3 (February 7, 2022): 1898. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14031898.

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The current literature on public perceptions of autonomous vehicles focuses on potential users and the target market. However, autonomous vehicles need to operate in a mixed traffic condition, and it is essential to consider the perceptions of road users, especially vulnerable road users. This paper builds explicitly on the limitations of previous studies that did not include a wide range of road users, especially vulnerable road users who often receive less priority. Therefore, this paper considers the perceptions of vulnerable road users towards sharing roads with autonomous vehicles. The data were collected from 795 people. Extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) and random forests are used to select the most influential independent variables. Then, a decision tree-based model is used to explore the effects of the selected most effective variables on the respondents who approve the use of public streets as a proving ground for autonomous vehicles. The results show that the effect of autonomous vehicles on traffic injuries and fatalities, being safe to share the road with autonomous vehicles, the Elaine Herzberg accident and its outcome, and maximum speed when operating in autonomous are the most influential variables. The results can be used by authorities, companies, policymakers, planners, and other stakeholders.

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Morris, Hugh, and John Decicco. "Extent to Which User Fees Cover Road Expenditures in the United States." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1576, no. 1 (January 1997): 56–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1576-07.

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The extent to which road users pay, through user fees, the full cost of the infrastructure and services they consume has been an issue for several decades. In contrast to most previous studies, a recent American Petroleum Institute (API) report concludes that payments by road users exceed direct government road expenditures by 50 percent. The API study points out that conventional accounts of road finance data report only revenues used for highways, thereby excluding funds from other automobile-related transactions (such as vehicle sales taxes) that are not specifically spent on roads. Two major issues with the accounting methodology used by API are identified: incorrect attribution of general taxes as user fees and neglect of various road-related costs. Combined, these shortcomings inflate the revenue side of the ledger and hold down the expenditure side. A more detailed accounting of the revenues generated by road users as well as the public costs, both direct and indirect, that are attributable to the road system and its use is presented. Reexamination of the 1992 accounts indicates that total public expenditures on road-related items were $97.2 billion, whereas public revenues specifically raised from road users amounted to $75.5 billion. The result is a gap of $21.7 billion that was spent on road-related items that were not covered by road user fees. Thus, road user fees covered only 78 percent of public road-related costs in the United States in 1992.

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Nagrebelna, Liydmila, and Alla Kononenko. "ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIFORM ROUTE GUIDANCE SYSTEM IN UKRAINE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE WORLD’S BEST PRACTICES TO IMPROVE ROAD SAFETY." Avtoshliakhovyk Ukrayiny, no. 2 (266) ’ 2021 (June 20, 2021): 36–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.33868/0365-8392-2021-2-266-36-45.

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Route guidance tools have a significant impact on road safety on public roads, as they carry important information on route guidance: provide drivers with information on the location on a specified road, regularly confirm the planned direction of movement, timely inform road users about the change of specified route direction and indicate the distance to the final object. This is very important information for the driver and it is difficult to overestimate it in road safety. Timely informing of drivers on the route direction will allow them carrying out adjustments in advance and feel confident on the road. Ensuring the completeness of route guidance information prevents emergency braking of vehicles in the area of traffic junctions and violation of the maneuvering rules to make a turn / turnaround in the right direction, and such maneuvers lead to road accidents. The establishment of a uniform route guidance system will reduce the road accident level and the cost of transportation due to excessive mileage of vehicles in the case of wrong route and help the drivers freely and easily get to their destination. The main need for information is felt by the drivers of vehicles whose actions directly impact the road safety. This, in turn, determines the basic principles and requirements for the composition, placement and choice of information tools. During the trip, the drivers need the information that would allow them navigating freely on the roads when passing the selected route that will relieve the stress of drivers and reduce the probability of road accidents, as well as increase the capacity of roads. It helps the drivers to adjust the previously selected route taking into account the real traffic conditions during the trip thereby minimizing the time consumption. To navigate the roads during movement, the drivers need the information about streets, objects and directions. Such information is provided by information signs, with which the road network must be equipped in sufficient quantity. The information provision should differ depending on the settlements, public roads and traffic conditions. A comprehensive solution of the issue of quality information provision to the road users can be achieved only by establishing a uniform route guidance system for road users which will take into account the needs for information of different categories of road users.

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Matijošaitienė, Irina, Inga Stankevičė, and Jaime Ribeiro. "Road landscape as a product: does it satisfy consumers’ aesthetic needs?" BALTIC JOURNAL OF ROAD AND BRIDGE ENGINEERING 9, no. 4 (February 20, 2014): 297–305. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/bjrbe.2014.36.

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The contemporary market laws and consumer society impose that road users are regarded to as consumers, and road landscape – as a product. In this context, consumers’ willingness to use the product is equivalent to road users’ willingness to drive on the road. Consumers’ fastidiousness induces to develop road landscape in a way which ensures satisfaction of drivers’ versatile needs, including the aesthetic ones. However, development of desirable-to-drive road landscape remains one of the challenges of land management. Hence, based on the analysis of aesthetic needs of road users, the paper proposes a framework for creation of desirable-to-drive road landscape. The research rests on photofixation, Kansei engineering, regression, correlation and descriptive analyses. The landscape of the main Lithuanian roads was investigated. The results show that the willingness to drive on a road depends on the level of tune of all the elements comprising the roadscape, the amount of positive impression left by the roadscape, roadscape’s pleasurability, level of sophistication, and skittishness. The guidelines for the development of desirable to drive road landscape are proposed, and the map of distribution of roadscape in Lithuania, according to the willingness to drive, is drawn.

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Heras-Molina, Javier, Juan Gomez, and Jose Manuel Vassallo. "Measuring Drivers’ Attitudes Toward Use of Electronic Toll Collection Systems in Spain." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2670, no. 1 (January 2017): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2670-01.

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Electronic payment is increasing inexorably as a means of paying for the use of toll roads worldwide. However, it is necessary to increase the effectiveness and expediency of this mechanism, as well as improve policy issues such as privacy or data management. The state of the art in this field typically analyzes users’ perceptions and willingness to pay to use toll roads. However, research addressing drivers’ attitudes toward the use of electronic toll collection (ETC) systems is not sufficiently developed. The aim of this paper is to identify the explanatory variables influencing toll road users’ use of ETC technologies. For that purpose, based on a nationwide survey directed toward road users of interurban toll roads in Spain, a binomial logit model was developed to explore users’ attitudes toward the use of ETC systems. The research concludes that drivers’ tag ownership is related mainly to trip-related attributes, while personal socioeconomic characteristics play a minor role. In addition, free tags would be an effective policy measure to increase toll road use, given that a majority of respondents show a positive response.

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Utomo, Nugroho. "Analisa Kebutuhan Ruang Pandangan Bebas Pada Perlintasan Sebidang Tanpa Palang Pintu Di Desa Gelam, Kabupaten Sidoarjo." FORUM MEKANIKA 10, no. 1 (May 3, 2021): 9–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.33322/forummekanika.v10i1.1272.

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Railway crossing are amongst the most complex of road safety handling systems, due to the conflicts between road vehicles and rail infrastructure operations. Railway crossing until now is still become the one of major accident cause for road users. Mainly caused by indiscipline acts of road users when pass a railway crossing such as opening an illegal crossing, trespassing closed crossing gate and unaware road users. In the area that growing into an industrial and commercial area, the origins of road network that is local road type changed to collector road type. This roads transformation affected to appears of unprotected railway level crossings which existing railways and roads are closed to each other. In Province of East Java especially at Sidoarjo Municipality there are two railway crossing which indicating to this serious matters located at JPL 69 Gelam 1 and JPL 70 Gelam 2. These two railway crossing showing an incomplete standard safety facilities which required such as railway warning sign and others. By this urgency, paperwork is held to discussing about standard safety facilities identifications and analyzing availability of clear visible zone according with Guidance of Technically Design of Railway Crossing. As a results explained that JPL 69 Gelam 1 is not recommended for safety reasons and JPL 70 Gelam 2 is recommended with several conditions that must be equipped.

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Lasota, Dorota, Ahmed Al-Wathinani, Paweł Krajewski, Krzysztof Goniewicz, and Witold Pawłowski. "Alcohol and Road Accidents Involving Pedestrians as Unprotected Road Users." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 23 (December 2, 2020): 8995. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238995.

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than half of all road fatalities involve vulnerable road users, i.e., pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists. Poland is classified as one of the European Union (EU) countries marked by low road safety, with a higher frequency of accidents involving pedestrians compared to other EU countries (31% of all fatalities). Among unprotected road users, a significant group of victims are pedestrians, who are often under the influence of alcohol. This study aims to analyze the impact of alcohol on the risk of occurrence and consequences of road accidents among pedestrians. The source of data was the medical documentation of the Department of Forensic Medicine of the Medical University of Warsaw. In more than half of pedestrian deaths, the presence of alcohol was found; regardless of the place of the event and the place of death, among the victims under the influence of alcohol, males dominated; the average age of the victims under the influence of alcohol was significantly lower compared to the average age of sober victims, with younger victims being significantly more likely to die at the scene of the accident, especially in rural areas; significantly higher alcohol concentrations were found in males, in victims who died at the scene of the accident, and with victims of accidents in rural areas. Among pedestrian traffic accident fatalities, the most numerous group comprised young men under the influence of alcohol. In rural areas, a higher percentage of pedestrian victims died at the scene as a result of excessive alcohol consumption. These areas should be subject to intensive preventive measures to increase the safety of pedestrians as unprotected road users.

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Cybulska, Ewelina, and Renata Krajewska. "Analysis of the road accidents caused by drunk road users." AUTOBUSY – Technika, Eksploatacja, Systemy Transportowe 19, no. 6 (September 7, 2018): 87–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.24136/atest.2018.043.

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One of the main causes of road accidents in Poland is the consumption of alcohol by drivers of vehicles. Despite the various preventive and educational actions, this problem still exists.The article discusses the problem of participation in road traffic after drinking alcohol. The influence of alcohol on the drivers of the vehicles was indicated. Legal regulations concerning alcohol consumption by drivers of vehicles in Poland have been characterized. Police statistical data on the frequency, type, severity of accidents and road accidents caused by drunk drivers and pedestrians in the years 2007-2017 were analyzed.

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Bichsel, Robert. "Should Road Users Pay the Full Cost of Road Provision?" Journal of Urban Economics 50, no. 2 (September 2001): 367–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/juec.2001.2221.

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Ariyanto, Amarina, Nurlyta Hafiyah, and Sri Rochani Soesetio. "INTERGROUP BIAS AMONG JAKARTA'S ROAD USERS." Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia 15, no. 2 (December 1, 2011): 127. http://dx.doi.org/10.7454/mssh.v15i2.1419.

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Mahdian, Mehrdad, and Masoud Motalebi. "Pedestrians: The vulnerable forgotten road users." International Archives of Health Sciences 9, no. 1 (2022): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/iahs.iahs_21_22.

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Holt, Lynda. "Ambulance danger to other road users." Emergency Nurse 11, no. 4 (July 2003): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/en.11.4.7.s10.

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Desapriya, Ediriweera, John M. Kerr, D. Sesath Hewapathirane, Dinithi Peiris, Bikaramjit Mann, Nayomi Gomes, Kavindya Peiris, Giulia Scime, and Jennifer Jones. "Bull Bars and Vulnerable Road Users." Traffic Injury Prevention 13, no. 1 (January 2012): 86–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2011.624143.

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Kruger, Schalk Johannes. "Emergency Communication System for Road Users." IFAC Proceedings Volumes 33, no. 18 (July 2000): 117–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1474-6670(17)37131-8.

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Constant, Aymery, and Emmanuel Lagarde. "Protecting Vulnerable Road Users from Injury." PLoS Medicine 7, no. 3 (March 30, 2010): e1000228. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000228.

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McKay, Mary Pat. "Commentary: Pedestrians: Truly Vulnerable Road Users." Annals of Emergency Medicine 53, no. 6 (June 2009): 825–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.04.003.

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Consunji, Rafael, Ahammed Mekkodathil, Aisha Abeid, Ayman El-Menyar, Hassan Al-Thani, Tsoler Sekayan, and Ruben Peralta. "Applying the five-pillar matrix to the decade of action for road safety in Qatar: identifying gaps and priorities." Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 3, no. 1 (December 2018): e000233. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2018-000233.

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IntroductionRoad traffic injuries (RTIs) are the leading cause of preventable death in Qatar; consequently, the country has participated in the Decade of Action for Road Safety (DoARS) coordinated by the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC). Its goal is to reduce the number of road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 2020, by implementing road safety activities, in the areas of road safety management, safer roads, safer vehicles, safer road users and postcrash response, the five pillars. This study will evaluate the initiatives and programs implemented in Qatar, during the initial period of the DoARS.MethodsA retrospective process evaluation of the compliance of national road safety activities in Qatar, with global indicators for the DoARS set by the UNRSC was conducted. A web-based online and electronic media search, in both official languages of Qatar: Arabic and English, for data and information on completed or ongoing road safety initiatives and activities implemented in Qatar, from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2016, was supplemented by personal consultation with relevant stakeholders in the road safety field.ResultsThere was complete compliance for Pillars 1 (Road Safety Management) and 2 (Safer Roads), whereas Pillars 4 (Safer Road Users) and 5 (Postcrash Response) met most of the DoARS indicators, and Pillar 3 (Safer Vehicles) complied with none.ConclusionQatar must continue to implement its present road safety activities within the Action Plan for the DoARS to achieve its goals by 2020. It must, however, implement more new efforts to require safer vehicles and make road users safer, especially those at the highest risk, that is, young drivers, occupants and workers.Level of EvidenceLevel IV.

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Nizam, M. Taufik, Puji Astuti, and Mardianto Manan. "PERSEPSI MASYARAKAT TENTANG ALTERNATIF PEMECAHAN MASALAH TRANSPORTASI DI JALAN RIAU KOTA PEKANBARU." Jurnal Teknik Sipil Unaya 2, no. 1 (March 2, 2019): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.30601/jtsu.v2i1.17.

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Riau street in Pekanbaru classified as secondary arterial roads with solid activit s so susceptible to the problem of traffic. The physical condition of damaged roads, land use mix and irregular, activities of right and left side crowded streets, parking inadequate, lack of public transport, and the behavior of road users who are not orderly, is the picture of the problem of traffic that occurs on the Riau street. This is supported also by the growth in the number of private vehicles. The accumulation of a variety of symptoms that led to the road capacity can no longer accommodate the volume of passing vehicles, causing traffic delays. One way to unravel this problem is to assess the public's perception of road users alternative solutions to problems related to urban transport in Riau street. The method used is descriptive quantitative with the number of respondents 100 people and supported by a statement from the policy holder of the traffic in the city of Pekanbaru . Public perception related factors causing transportation problems in Riau street is the traffic policy is less strict in discipline of road users, the traffic volume exceeds the capacity of the road, setting traffic light rigid, road users are not orderly, parking space is limited, public transport is limited, and the illegal parking. Alternative solutions is the increase in traffic policy, modify or regulate the flow of traffic, optimization of public transport facilities and infrastructure, restrictions on the use of private vehicles, road widening, traffic lights adjustment, socialization regulation and enforcement, and the construction of flyovers..

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Batyrgareieva, Vladyslava S., Alina V. Kalinina, and Kateryna O. Poltava. "VICTIMOLOGICAL RISKS FOR ROAD USERS AS AN ELEMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH." Wiadomości Lekarskie 74, no. 11 (2021): 2922–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.36740/wlek202111211.

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The aim: This article aims to analyze the statistics of road accidents victims in Ukraine in general and the level of criminal offenses’ against traffic safety and transport operation victims, in particular, to consider the main victimological risks for road users and provide them with a public health approach. Materials and methods: The theoretical basis of the article is specialized literature on law, economics, and sociology. The empirical basis of the research was the materials of generalization of more than 1,000 criminal proceedings under Art. 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the results of a survey of Ukrainian citizens on the state of road safety in Ukraine. Results: According to the results of an empirical study, in terms of role, pedestrians clearly predominate among the victims (59.6%), while every fourth victim is a passenger of a vehicle. Driver victims are only 14.6% of the total number. Victimological risk on the roads is the probability of becoming a victim and suffering damage to one’s life and health from criminal offenses against traffic safety and operation of transport. For each of the categories of victims there are both general and specific victimological risks. The causes of accidents can be grouped by the source of danger in the triangle “person – mechanism – road”. Conclusions: The most dangerous and widespread victimological risks for road users in Ukraine are speeding and maneuvering, drunk driving, parking violations, poor road infrastructure, physiological and psychological characteristics of road users, low professional skills of drivers, etc.

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Lim, Jongtae, Songhee Park, Dojin Choi, Kyoungsoo Bok, and Jaesoo Yoo. "Road Speed Prediction Scheme by Analyzing Road Environment Data." Sensors 22, no. 7 (March 29, 2022): 2606. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22072606.

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Road speed is an important indicator of traffic congestion. Therefore, the occurrence of traffic congestion can be reduced by predicting road speed because predicted road speed can be provided to users to distribute traffic. Traffic congestion prediction techniques can provide alternative routes to users in advance to help them avoid traffic jams. In this paper, we propose a machine-learning-based road speed prediction scheme using road environment data analysis. The proposed scheme uses not only the speed data of the target road, but also the speed data of neighboring roads that can affect the speed of the target road. Furthermore, the proposed scheme can accurately predict both the average road speed and rapidly changing road speeds. The proposed scheme uses historical average speed data from the target road organized by the day of the week and hour to reflect the average traffic flow on the road. Additionally, the proposed scheme analyzes speed changes in sections where the road speed changes rapidly to reflect traffic flows. Road speeds may change rapidly as a result of unexpected events such as accidents, disasters, and construction work. The proposed scheme predicts final road speeds by applying historical road speeds and events as weights for road speed prediction. It also considers weather conditions. The proposed scheme uses long short-term memory (LSTM), which is suitable for sequential data learning, as a machine learning algorithm for speed prediction. The proposed scheme can predict road speeds in 30 min by using weather data and speed data from the target and neighboring roads as input data. We demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed scheme through various performance evaluations.

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Bryan, Gabriel, and Yusra Aulia Sari. "Analisis Karakteristik Pengguna Jalan Di Kota Batam." Jurnal Ilmiah Rekayasa Sipil 19, no. 2 (October 24, 2022): 96–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.30630/jirs.v19i2.815.

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Human life is inevitable from the need for transportation which is used as a supporting tool to fulfill and facilitate humans to their desired destinations. Transportation which is also a necessity for the people of Batam City has an influence on the condition of road users on almost every side of Batam City which can be found by various road users with their respective vehicles. Characteristics are individual behaviors and actions that must be considered, especially for road users. Users of this road have a variety of characteristics since many people pass by around Gajah Mada Road, Batam City depending on the purposes and needs of each person. The purpose of this research is to analyze the characteristics of road users, analyze the grouping of road user characteristics, analyze the impact of road users through road user characteristics, and find out the number of users of the Gajah Mada Road, Batam City. The research methods used are qualitative and quantitative approaches, the primary data collection techniques are in the form of questionnaires, while secondary data are observations and literature reviews from previous research. The results showed that there is a diversity of characteristics of road users at Gajah Mada Road, Batam City such as road users who always obey traffic signs and lights; the characteristic behaviors of breaking rules are considered neutral; as well as the completeness of driver’s license. Therefore, the researcher wants to discuss the characteristics of these road users.

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Marjono, Marjono. "Pengaruh Penyediaan Jalur Khusus Sepeda Diatas Badan Jalan (Sky Road) Terhadap Kinerja Jalan Di Kota Malang (Studi Kasus Jalan Borobudur – Soekarno Hatta) P2M Politeknik Negeri Malang Tahun 2018." PROKONS Jurusan Teknik Sipil 13, no. 1 (February 13, 2019): 36. http://dx.doi.org/10.33795/prokons.v13i1.181.

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Abstract :One of the problems felt by the people of Malang City is the problem of congestion and traffic system irregularities. Borbudur -Soekarno Hatta road, including roads that experience traffic problems, namely frequent traffic jams, especially at the time of departure or return to school, and hours of departure and return to work, this is because the road is the road access to the education area , trade and one of the access roads that lead to the center of Malang City. If this is not done immediately, the traffic problems will increase. A possible alternative to overcome this problem is to reduce motorbike users entering the road, by diverting some motorbike users to non-motorized bikes (bicycles) primarily for purposes of educational facilities, by providing special lanes for bicycles, which above the road (Sky Road). From the results of the analysis it can be seen that by providing a Bicycle Special Path above the Road Body (Sky Road), it can reduce the value of degree of saturation (DS) and can increase the level of service from C to B. Estimated cost of the main Sky road structure Rp. 9. 236,308 000 ,, - (Nine Billion Two Hundred Thirty-Six Million Three Hundred Eight Thousand Rupiahs) Keywords: special bike lanes, sky road, road performance

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Mudiono, Cahyo, and Nunung Widyaningsih. "Influence Factors of Road Maintenance for the Safety of Road Users on the Jakarta - Tangerang Toll Segment." International Journal of Research and Review 9, no. 6 (June 18, 2022): 135–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20220616.

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In an effort to fulfill the Minimum Service Standards (MSS) for toll roads according to the toll road law, all toll road business entities (TRBE) must fulfill them. This includes the Jakarta – Tangerang toll road section. Therefore, routine maintenance and maintenance of roads and facilities is always carried out. So that in toll lanes various maintenance activities are always found, in situations of very congested traffic conditions. And because maintenance activities use road lanes, this has an impact on the safety of toll road users. Data retrieval through questionnaires Phase I and Phase II with data sample collection tools using google form, observation, document collection, all data results will be analyzed using Microsoft excel and multiple linear regression using IBM SPSS version 21. From data analysis, potential factors are obtained. causing an influence on road safety during maintenance is the management of maintenance work, among which the influence is the management of work materials, management of the work environment, management of work equipment, management of work methods, and labor management. While the most dominant factor influencing individually is the management of the work environment. Keywords: factor analysis, effect of maintenance, road user safety.

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Ratkevičius, Tomas, and Alfredas Laurinavičius. "Assessment model of levels for winter road maintenance." Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering 12, no. 2 (June 27, 2017): 127–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/bjrbe.2017.15.

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The limited funding for the road industry leads to economizing in the planning of road network maintenance, to identifying the appropriate priorities of the activities with the greatest benefit for the society. The level of maintenance is the direct assessment of the road operation and maintenance service provided to the road users; it directly affects the road maintenance and for road users costs the better is road maintenance, the road users incur the fewerexpenses and vice versa. Insufficient road maintenance in the winter time causes not only the danger of traffic accidents but also worsens the driving conditions, increases the fuel consumption, vehicle depreciation, transportation becomes more expensive. Many results of studies showed that the current choice of maintenance levels in the winter time taking into account only the road category and traffic volume does not ensure the indicators of the most advanced world countries and road functional purpose. The principle of the minimal expenses for the society should be the main criterion in identifying the optimal levels of winter road maintenance. The experience of Lithuania and foreign countries helped in creating the model of assessment of winter maintenance levels for Lithuanian roads of national significance, which can be applied in the other foreign countries as well. This model could be an effective tool for the selection of the optimal maintenance levels, which would economically substantiate the winter road maintenance strategy, that best corresponds to the needs of the society.

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Udeme Udo, Imoh, Usanga Idorenyin Ndarake, Udokpoh Udeme Udeme, and Etuke Julius. "CHALLENGES ON THE EXPOSITION OF TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SYMBOLS TO LAGOS STATE ROAD USERS." International Journal of Innovative Research in Advanced Engineering 8, no. 9 (September 30, 2021): 239–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.26562/ijirae.2021.v0809.002.

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The Paper reports on the challenges on the exposition of Traffic signs and symbols to Lagos State roads users. The result has proven that there is low exposition of traffic signs and symbols to road users most especially the Drivers in Lagos State, Nigeria. The overall average percentage of road users who correctly interprets the regulatory signs was 59%, cautionary signs were 64.2%, and a pavement marking was 31.8%. The average knowledge percentage of road user (driver) for driving under special condition, speed/mechanical factor and general guides are 43%, 53.66% and 46.4% respectively. The statistical cross analysis significance conducted in the study proved that age, driving experience and educational background play a major role in drivers understanding of traffic signs and symbols. The study recommends adequate training and sensitization of our drivers on the meaning of traffic signs and symbols and the importance of compliance by the road users .The body concerned for issuing driver’s license should carefully test the drivers’ knowledge before issuing driver’s license and also traffic law court should be established for prosecution of defaulters.

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Uthkarsh, Pallavi Sarji, Thomos Kraft, and Frits Van Merode. "Young road users in a district of South India: gender differences in behaviour and perceptions." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 7, no. 6 (May 27, 2020): 2393. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20202466.

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Background: Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among young people globally, especially in developing countries and burden is more among males compared to females. Human behaviors play a significant role in road traffic Injuries (RTIs), understanding road user behaviors, perception and gender differences in them is very essential to plan strategic road traffic injury prevention programs. The objectives of this study behaviors, risk perception and gender differences in young road users of a district of South India.Methods: This cross-sectional study was undertaken among 2000 young people in the age group of 18-25 years in a district of South India.Results: More than half of the youth reported unsafe behaviors as a road user. Risk behaviors such as playing on roads, using mobile while on road, high speed driving, hanging on to the doors of the bus were reported more in male gender. More than 40% perceived not following traffic safety norms as safe without significant gender differences.Conclusions: Young road users of South Indian district irrespective of gender, do not follow majority of safety norms and they perceived its safe not to follow them.

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Kumar, P., and E. Angelats. "AN AUTOMATED ROAD ROUGHNESS DETECTION FROM MOBILE LASER SCANNING DATA." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-1/W1 (May 31, 2017): 91–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-1-w1-91-2017.

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Rough roads influence the safety of the road users as accident rate increases with increasing unevenness of the road surface. Road roughness regions are required to be efficiently detected and located in order to ensure their maintenance. Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS) systems provide a rapid and cost-effective alternative by providing accurate and dense point cloud data along route corridor. In this paper, an automated algorithm is presented for detecting road roughness from MLS data. The presented algorithm is based on interpolating smooth intensity raster surface from LiDAR point cloud data using point thinning process. The interpolated surface is further processed using morphological and multi-level Otsu thresholding operations to identify candidate road roughness regions. The candidate regions are finally filtered based on spatial density and standard deviation of elevation criteria to detect the roughness along the road surface. The test results of road roughness detection algorithm on two road sections are presented. The developed approach can be used to provide comprehensive information to road authorities in order to schedule maintenance and ensure maximum safety conditions for road users.

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AlSaeid, Hana, Talal Almutairi, Hamad Matar, Faraj F. Al-Ajmi, Fawaz A. Alrashidi, Mohammad A. E. Husain, and Wafaa Saleh. "Impacts of socio economic factors on perceptions of being safe while using Kuwaiti roads." World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development 13, no. 1 (January 4, 2016): 56–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/wjstsd-09-2015-0045.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate road users attitudes and preferences towards accidents and safety measures in Kuwait. The paper also quantifies impacts of user’s attitudes on the perception of being safe while using roads in Kuwait. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, a review of relevant literature, has been carried out, then a questionnaire has been piloted and implemented to collect data. The main survey was carried out in 2013. A total of 700 distributed questionnaires resulted in the return of 427 completed questionnaires. Findings – Results show that socio economic, attitudes and work commitment factors, all contribute to the behaviour and attitudes of road users in Kuwait. Research limitations/implications – Data are limited due to time constraints. Originality/value – There is very little knowledge of modelling and analysing factors which affect drivers’ behaviour towards safety in Kuwait.

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Rzepczyk, Szymon, Jakub Majer, and Maciej Obst. "ROAD SAFETY BARRIERS AND THE SAFETY OF ROAD USERS – THE ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION IN POLAND." Logistics and Transport 55, no. 2 (2022): 85–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.26411/83-1734-2015-2-55-7-22.

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Road safety barriers are a basic element of the road infrastructure aimed at improving the safety of road users. Design parameters and indications for assembly are strictly regulated by the GDDKiA (General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways) guidelines in accordance with the European standards. In Poland, the most commonly used barriers are thin-walled metal sheet barriers, rope barriers, and concrete ones. The types differ in terms of technical parameters and level of security they provide. One of the purposes of installing road safety barriers is to protect road users from hitting an obstacle in the vicinity of the road, and to protect people around the accident from the effects of an uncontrolled vehicle leaving the road. The effects of a collision caused by hitting a protective road barrier depend mainly on the type of the barrier and the vehicle. The authors made a detailed and interdisciplinary analysis of data on accidents resulting from hitting a road safety barrier, comparing them with information available in the literature, combining the technical aspects of the use of barriers with a medical description of the description of typical injuries.

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Iván, Gabriella. "Distinction of road categories by road users compared to road classification in design guidelines." Pollack Periodica 9, no. 3 (December 2014): 23–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/pollack.9.2014.3.3.

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