TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Application of a vehicle tracking system to right turning behavior for intersection collision analysis
JO  - Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
A1  - Matsumoto, Shingo
A1  - Matsuda, M
SP  - 2611
EP  - 2622
VL  - 7
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N2  - A traffic tracking software system, TrackerM, was developed by our group to detect vehicles and track their movement using video camera recordings. The study focuses on a practical analysis by using reliable data from TrackerM to propose countermeasures for avoiding a collision at a signalized intersection in the center of Niigata, Japan. Three items investigated are: short-cut behavior of subject vehicle (SV) drivers tying to turn right quickly, right-turning timing of SVs to cross the path of oncoming traffic, and countermeasures to avoid a collision between SVs and bicycles. A gap acceptance curve reveals that short-cut behaviors are liable to cause a collision particularly when a time gap is less than 4 seconds. The paper concludes with several issues for developing and improving the software system.<p />
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SN  - 1341-8521
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -