A Wrong-way car stop device was installed on the East Ponce de Leon Avenue exit ramp from I-285 southbound near Atlanta. The device installed is a spring mounted collapsing curb that will collapse when hit by exiting vehicles but will obstruct entering vehicles. This device was evaluated, the wrong-way entry problem in the Atlanta area was assessed and the state-of-the-art in wrong-way entry preventatives was surveyed. Time-lapse video taping was used to observe the wrong-way car stop device. During 17 nights of taping a total of 6 wrong-way movements was observed, and one of these proceeded past the device and out of the range of the camera.
Freeway Wrong Way Entry Study
1976
71 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation Safety , Road Transportation , Highway Engineering , Freeways , Safety devices , Vehicular traffic control , Warning systems , Barriers , Traffic engineering , Evaluation , Video tapes , Georgia , Traffic surveys , Accident prevention , Traffic safety , Wrong way signs , Interstate highway 285 , Atlanta(Georgia) , Wrong way driving