RESEARCH ARTICLE
Field Testing of a Proposed Pavement Marking as a Red Light Running Countermeasure
Noor Elmitiny*, 1, Essam Radwan1, Xuedong Yan2, Mutasem Jardaneh1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2010Volume: 4
First Page: 79
Last Page: 86
Publisher ID: TOTJ-4-79
DOI: 10.2174/1874447801004010079
Article History:
Received Date: 20/9/2009Revision Received Date: 18/12/2009
Acceptance Date: 19/12/2009
Electronic publication date: 1/12/2010
Collection year: 2010
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
When a motorist approaches a signalized intersection during the signal change period (changing from green to yellow), he/she is required to make a stop/go decision. A proposed pavement marking with a word message of “SIGNAL AHEAD” was proposed to be positioned at the stop sight distance from the intersection stop-bar to assist the driver in making a proper stop/go decision without running a red light or making an abrupt stop. This paper examined effectiveness of the marking as a red light running violation countermeasure through a field study. Red light running behaviors were recorded at a test intersection (with marking) and a control intersection (without marking) as a comparison. A reduction in the red light running rate was observed after the marking was applied at the test intersection, while the red light running rate did not shift significantly at the control intersection, leading to the conclusion that the marking has a good potential as a red light running countermeasure.