Behavioral Traffic Safety Messaging on Variable Message Signs

Behavioral Traffic Safety Messaging on Variable Message Signs
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022
Genre: Signs and signboards
ISBN: 9780309687133

Changeable, electronic, or dynamic message signs are used to provide real-time traffic information to drivers while en route to their destination. Many agencies also use these signs to display safety messages when the signs are not being used to display other traffic information. These types of messages encourage safe driving behaviors such as wearing seat belts and not drinking and driving. The TRB Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program's BTSCRP Research Report 3: Behavioral Traffic Safety Messaging on Variable Message Signs provides an evidence-based approach to help guide behavioral traffic safety message design and display on variable message signs.

Traffic Safety Messages on Dynamic Message Signs (DMS)

Traffic Safety Messages on Dynamic Message Signs (DMS)
Author: Louisiana Transportation Research Center
Publisher:
Total Pages: 17
Release: 2018
Genre: Civil engineering
ISBN:

This technical assistance report investigated the existing state of practice across the nation for placing safety campaign messages on dynamic message signs (DMS) and reviewed relevant studies that documented any evidence of effectiveness in influencing driver behavior and providing a public safety benefit. The number of state transportation agencies posting safety messages on DMS has increased over the last few years and messages are typically focused on common dangerous behaviors such as drowsiness, distractions, aggression, alcohol or drug impairment, and unrestrained driving. Several states have started to display their state-specific number of traffic fatalities year-to-date on DMS. Several studies showed that there could be changes in driver behavior by posting safety messages on DMS; some also included small samples of traffic data analysis, which showed some speed changes when the drivers approached active DMS. Overall, the findings from this report support the use of DMS to disseminate highway safety messages. However, more research is needed to validate the perceptions noted in the surveys and more field studies are necessary to confirm long-term impacts of using DMS to convey safety messages about driver behavior and traffic safety.

Traffic Safety and Human Behavior

Traffic Safety and Human Behavior
Author: David Shinar
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 1262
Release: 2017-06-22
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1787146332

This comprehensive 2nd edition covers the key issues that relate human behavior to traffic safety. In particular it covers the increasing roles that pedestrians and cyclists have in the traffic system; the role of infotainment in driver distraction; and the increasing role of driver assistance systems in changing the driver-vehicle interaction.