Comprehensibility of traffic signs among urban drivers in Turkey

Date

2012-03-01

Author

Kirmizioglu, Erkut
Tüydeş Yaman, Hediye

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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.

Subject Keywords

Traffic safety, Traffic signs, Comprehension, Survey analysis, Vienna convention, Familiarity

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37178

Journal

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2011.11.014

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Department of Civil Engineering, Article

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E. Kirmizioglu and H. Tüydeş Yaman, “Comprehensibility of traffic signs among urban drivers in Turkey,” ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION, vol. 45, pp. 131–141, 2012, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37178.