Citation

Generowicz B. Aust. Road Res. 1988; 18(1): 31-33.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Australian Road Research Board ARRB)

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Abstract

One of the most common types of traffic accidents involves vehicles turning right from a major road across the path of on-coming traffic. They usually result from misjudgement by the turning driver of the available time gap. The situation is particularly hazardous if the turn-off is located on a large radius curved section of the major road, when the turning driver is on the outer side of the curvature. This situation is analysed in this note. The derivation of a formula for the calculation of the distortion in the estimated speed of the on-coming traffic is also presented.

Language: en