TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - The effects of road, driver, and passenger presence on drivers' choice of speed: a driving simulator study JO - Transportation research procedia A1 - Goralzik, Anne A1 - Vollrath, Mark SP - 2061 EP - 2075 VL - 25 IS - N2 - Vehicle speed is a key component in road traffic safety. Extending the notion that road traffic is a complex social system, an experimental driving simulator study was conducted to investigate the unique and joint effects of speed limitation, road geometry, passenger presence, and driver characteristics on drivers' choice of speed in an urban environment. These factors were only found to affect drivers' choice of speed under a 50-km/h speed limit but not under a 30-km/h limit. Moreover, speed compliance was conditional on the level of the speed limit. Implications for road traffic safety are addressed.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 2352-1465 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2017.05.400 ID - ref1 ER -