AND TRAFFIC SETTINGS ENVIRONMENTS

RESIDENTIAL STREETS FACTORS???? DRIVING PATTERNS SPEED PEDESTRIANS PARKED CARS TRAFFIC LAWS

URBAN/SUBURBAN STREETS TRAFFIC DENSITY # OF PEDESTRIANS INTERSECTIONS TRAFFIC FLOW

MANAGE THE BIG THREE  VISIBILITY –  TIME –  SPACE –

MULTI-LANE EXPRESSWAYS Special Factors: Interchanges – Merging Traffic – Entrance Ramps -

GUIDELINES:  Low Beams –  20 – 30 seconds –  Entrances/Exits Ramps –  Mirrors –  Road Signs –  Plan Ahead –  Merging into traffic –  Speed –  Exit lane –

GUIDELINES:  4 seconds –  Vehicles entering the expressway –  Be alert –  Limited access expressways –  Controlled access expressways -

RURAL ROADS Special Factors: Road Conditions – Higher Speed, Fewer Controls – Slow Moving Vehicles – Sight Obstructions – Animals -

GUIDELINES:  Lights –  20 – 30 seconds ahead –  12 – 15 seconds –  Correct Speed –  Turn Signals –  Intersections –  Road Conditions – 