Conceptual plan for an interactive highway safety design model. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research and Development, McLean Va.

Safety effects of cross-section design for two-lane roads. Volume II - appendixes.

Federal Highway Administration, Safety Design Division, McLean, Va.

On-the-road driving behavior and breath alcohol concentration. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Evaluation of FMVSS 103 idle test vs. road load test. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Crash Avoidance, Washington, D.C.

Investigation of the impact of medians on road users. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research and Development, McLean, Va.

Road tests of alertness variables. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Development of image algorithms for automated pavement distress evaluation system. Final report.

Texas Department of Transportation, Austin

Development of roadside safety data collection plan. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research and Development, McLean, Va.

An infared experiment on a road wheel during an FMVSS 109 type compliance test.

Mode of access: Internet.

Maintenance and highway safety handbook. 1977 update of 1970 edition.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Railroad accident report : Long Island Rail Road Company door accident, Huntington Station, New York, December 1, 1974 /

"SS-R-35"

Effectiveness of safety belt use laws /

Summary of a workshop sponsored by OECD's Road Research Program.

Spreader, sand, towed-type, traction-powered, with wing gate and safety seat, Flink model SS.

"O-222192"--P. [13].

Children's attentional skills and road behavior

Switching attention and concentration, 2 skills expected to be used by skillful pedestrians, were studied. A sample of 160 children (aged 4 years 3 months-10 years) played a computer game involving attention switching. To examine concentration, a subset of the children was distracted with a cartoon video while they attempted a difficult task that required matching familiar figures. The same subset was also observed crossing roads. Older children switched faster and were less distracted. Children who were better at switching were more likely to show awareness of traffic when about to cross a road. Children who maintained concentration when challenged by a distracting event crossed the road in a less reckless manner. Parents and educators designing safety programs should take into account the development of these skills.

Understanding the role of self-identity in habitual risky behaviours: pedestrian road-crossing decisions across the lifespan

Self-identity as a careful pedestrian has not been fully considered in previous work on predicting intention to cross the road, or actual crossing behaviour, in non-optimal situations. Evidence suggests that self-identity may be a better predictor than attitudes in situations where decision-making styles have become habitual ways to respond. This study compared contributions of self-identity and attitudes to the prediction of intentions in two situations differing in level of habitual crossing expectation, and to crossing behaviour. Three hundred and sixty-two adults (17–92 years) completed a questionnaire measuring self-identity, attitudes, intentions, experience, social identity variables (e.g. age, gender) and personal limitations (mobility). Two hundred and five participants also completed a road-crossing simulation. Self-identity and attitude were both shown as significant independent predictors of intention in both situations. However, self-identity was less effective as a predictor in the higher risk scenario, where intention to perform the behaviour was lower, and for participants aged >75 years who had lower intention across scenarios. Self-identity strongly predicted intention to cross, which in turn predicted behaviour, but self-identity did not directly predict behaviour. Self-identity was strongly predicted by age. Implications for theories of compensation in older age and for design and targeting of pedestrian safety education are discussed.