Citation

Castro M, Anta JA, Iglesias L, Sánchez JA. J. Comput. Civ. Eng. 2014; 28(3): 04014005.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers)

DOI

10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000317

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Analyzing the distance visible to a driver on a highway is important for traffic safety, especially in manoeuvres such as emergency stops, when passing another vehicle, or when vehicles cross at intersections. Software that calculates highway distances visible to a driver has been developed. This software is supported by a geographic information system (GIS) and can use a trajectory defined by points obtained with a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver instead of relying on project information. The software includes specific tools for studying shortcomings in three-dimensional (3D) alignment; mainly, this pertains to divings. In this article, the software and its application to a case study are presented. The results are compared with those obtained using an existing validated procedure. 2014 American Society of Civil Engineers.

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