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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Rural Roadways"”.
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Risk Propensity, Self-Efficacy and Driving Behaviors Among Rural, Off-Duty Emergency Services Personnel
… vehicular crashes, compounded by risks faced on rural roadways, rural EMS personnel face unique driving challenges that may be exacerbated by the very traits, self-efficacy and risk propensity, that may have initially drawn them to the profession. The purpose of this study was to identify the …
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Detecting Impervious Cover with Artificial Lighting in Astronaut Photography from the International Space Station
… classify poorly lit impervious surfaces such as rural roadways, residential neighborhoods, and airport runways. ISS imagery had a high producer’s accuracy, particularly with lower thresholds for imperviousness, meaning that the likelihood is high that impervious cover detected by the ISS is …
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Assessing the Effects of Driving Inattention on Relative Crash Risk
… area on a variety of urban, suburban, and rural roadways over a span of 12-13 months. Five channels of video and kinematic data were collected on 69 crashes and 761 near-crashes during the course of this data collection effort. The analyses conducted here are the first to establish direct …
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A Framework for Identifying Roadway Characteristics Affecting Speeding-Related Crashes in Rural Areas
Speeding is a major concern on all roadways and is a leading factor in traffic fatalities and serious injuries. Rural roadways are often disproportionately impacted by these traffic crashes and fatalities, despite the lower traffic volumes and populations. It is important to address this speeding …