Comprehensibility of traffic signs among urban drivers in Turkey

Kirmizioglu E., TÜYDEŞ YAMAN H.

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION, cilt.45, ss.131-141, 2012 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 45
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.11.014
  • Dergi Adı: ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.131-141
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Traffic safety, Traffic signs, Comprehension, Survey analysis, Vienna convention, Familiarity, FEATURES, SYMBOL
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Traffic signs are commonly used traffic safety tools, mainly developed to provide crucial information in a short time to support safe drive; but the success depends on their comprehensibility by the drivers. Also, a sudden change in the traditionally used and accepted signs can cause significant safety problem, as in the case of cancellation of red oblique bars in 2004 as a part of the European Union Harmonization Process of Turkey.