The behavior of motorists overtaking slow moving vehicles is examined. The subject is restricted to overtaking on straight and level two-way, two-lane roads. The main result is that the speed and type of the oncoming vehicle have no detectable influence on the maneuver. A short comparison is made between the overtaking of fast moving vehicles and the overtaking of slow moving vehicles. It turns out that the critical gap in overtaking a slow vehicle is smaller and the overtaking time bigger compared with that when a car travelling at ordinary speeds is overtaken. A tentative explanation for the result is that all drivers overtake a slow moving vehicle and only a subpopulation overtakes other cars on a two-lane rural road.


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    Title :

    Inhalen van Langzame Voertuigen op Tweestrookswegen (Overtaking of Slow Moving Vehicles on Two-Lane Roads)


    Contributors:
    R. van Nes (author)

    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    85 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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