Comprehensibility of traffic signs among urban drivers in Turkey
ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION, cilt.45, ss.131-141, 2012 (SSCI, Scopus)
- 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.