Empirical evaluation of drivers’ operating speeds along curvatures on single carriageway roads

• Main Authors: Che Puan, Othman, Halim, Shafini, Ibrahim, Muttaka Na’iya
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2015
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54978/1/OthmanChePuan2015_EmpiricalEvaluationOfDriversOperating.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54978/; http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v73.4281
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Choice of vehicle’s speed is one of the most important factors for a driver for proper vehicle’s control and selecting a wrong speed results in loss of vehicle’s control; particularly in negotiating road curvatures. Many of such speed related errors could be attributed to inconsistencies in the road...