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Visibility of Delineators and Chevrons withChevrons with
Reflectorized Posts
Sue Chrysler, Ph.D.S i R h S i ti tSenior Research Scientist
Texas Transportation InstituteTexas Transportation Institute
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AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements
Texas Transportation Texas Department ofTexas Transportation Institute:
• Jon Re
Texas Department of Transportation:
• Kelli WilliamsJon Re• Keith S. Knapp• Dillon Funkhouser
Kelli Williams• Walter McCullough• Paul Montgomery• Dillon Funkhouser
• Beverly Kuhn• Alicia Nelson
• Paul Montgomery• Wade Odell
• Alicia Nelson• Sarah Young
G D i• Greg Davis
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Research Objectives
• How do combinations of vertical and horizontal d li ti ff t d i i f ?delineation affect driving performance ?
• Focus on :Traditional markings markers delineator posts chevrons– Traditional markings, markers, delineator posts, chevrons
– Combinations of treatments, not in isolation– Nighttimeg– Two-lane Rural Roads
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Examples of Nighttime Appearance of Post Styles Tested by Penn StateTested by Penn State
Standard Fully T-postsReflector at Top Reflectorized
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Previous TTI Research on Post Mounted Delineators:Post Mounted Delineators:
Static Rating Task
•500 ft
•1000 ft
•1500 ft
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•Example of Delineator Post placement from TTI Project
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Current Project: Experimental Conditions
• Closed-course study• Closed-course study• 4 curves• Ten treatments (Five, with or without ( ,
edgeline)– Pavement Markings only (double yellow
centerline, RPMs)centerline, RPMs)– Standard Post Mounted Delineators (PMD)– Fully Reflectorized PMDs
Standard Chevrons– Standard Chevrons– Chevrons with fully reflectorized posts
• Edgeline started 300 feet upstream of PCg• No curve warning sign
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Baseline
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Standard Posts (Dot PMD)
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Full Posts (Full PMD)
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Standard Chevron
24 x 30 inch, Prismatic High Intensity
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Full Post Chevron (ChevFull)
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TTI Instrumented Vehicle•Throttle, Brake, and Steering Sensors10 H GPS•10 Hz GPS
•Accelerometer•DMI•DMI
•Cameras•Lane Tracker•Front Bumper Radar•Head Mounted Eye Tracker•Head – Mounted Eye Tracker
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• All testing done at night • Experimenter in back seatExperimental ProcedureExperimental Procedure
• All testing done at night• Viewed 4 curves, 10 times
each
• Experimenter in back seat• Subjects drove 45 mph
1 2
34 34
Texas A&M Riverside Campus FacilityTexas A&M Riverside Campus Facility1 2 3 4
Curve Radius (ft) 281 159 281 159Texas A&M Riverside Campus FacilityTexas A&M Riverside Campus FacilityCurve Radius (ft) 281 159 281 159Curve Deflection Angle 51 90 51 90Edgeline N N Y Y
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Experimental Procedure• Twenty people tested• Five laps of plain driving• Five laps with verbal curve severity task• Post-drive rank ordering of photos of
t t ttreatments• Measures of Effectiveness
Distance from curve when throttle was released– Distance from curve when throttle was released and brakes applied
– Velocity– Maximum lateral g-force in curve– Distance at which subjects indicated when they
had judged the sharpness of the curve (Sayhad judged the sharpness of the curve (Say “Now”)
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How far away did they note the curve severity?curve severity?Mark Distance by Treatment, Direction
Full PMDRight
Left
ChevFull
Dot PMD
Chevron
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700
Baseline
Mark Distance (ft)
Differences between left/right are greater for vertical treatments than for baseline
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Did edgelines and deflection angle affect when they said “now”?affect when they said now ?
Mark Distance by Curve and Direction
Ed li
Edgeline 90 deg
deflectionRight
No Edgeline
Edgeline 51 deg
deflection
urve
Right
Left
No Edgeline
No Edgeline 90 deg
deflection
C
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700
51 deg deflection
Mark Distance (ft)
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How fast did they drive while approaching and going through the curve?and going through the curve?
Baseline
41
43Chevron
ChevFull
D t PMD
35
37
39
city
(mph
) Dot PMD
Full PMD
31
33
35
Avg.
vel
oc
27
29
300 pc mid-point exit pc exit 300
A
p p pCurve Part
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How hard did they hit the brakes?
Full PMD
Max. Brake Displacement (%)
Dot PMD
Full PMD
ChevFull
Baseline
Chevron
0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0
Baseline
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Did edgelines and deflection angle affect speed?angle affect speed?
Ed li
Edgeline 90 deg
deflection Right Left
No Edgeline
Edgeline 51 deg
deflection
No Edgeline
No Edgeline 90 deg
deflection
27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
No Edgeline 51 deg
deflection
27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34Velocity at PC (mph)
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How far away did they let off the “ ” d hit th b k ?gas, say “now” and hit the brakes?
Throttle
600
t)
Mark
Brake
Indicates uncertainty
400
500
Mid
poin
t (ft
200
300
ance
from
0
100Dis
ta
0Baseline Chevron ChevFull Dot PMD Full PMD
Event
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Ranking of Photos5Worst
4
2
3
1
2
BestBaseline Chev ChevFull Dot PMD PMD Full
Best
BestBest
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Conclusions• Fully reflectorized post-mounted delineators
showed great promise as an effectiveshowed great promise as an effective delineation treatment.
• Reflectorizing the chevron posts also g pprovides a slight advantage over the standard chevrons, though the effect is not as strong as for the PMDs.
• The closed course showed consistent diff b t i id ( i ht h d) ddifferences between inside (right-hand) and outside (left-hand) curves in terms of speed and curvature detectionand curvature detection.
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Additional Tasks in ProjectAdditional Tasks in Project
S d i h h h b• Survey drivers throughout the state by showing videos of curves and asking participants to estimate (or match) radiusparticipants to estimate (or match) radius of curvature and estimate their speed.
• Field Evaluation of speed and lane pplacement using traffic counters
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C3-L-CCurve 3 left chevronCurve 3, left, chevron
1. Press “now” 2. I would drive faster/slowerthan movie
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Results of Video Survey
• No significant treatment effects for• No significant treatment effects for dependent variable of response
• No difference for speed judgmentNo difference for speed judgment• Videos did not work well to convey depth for
a nighttime scenea nighttime scene
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Field Study• Field study consisted of 4 sites in East
TexasTexas• Rural two-lane roads
Site Before After After - After
Sit 1 B li Ch F ll ChSite 1 Baseline ChevFull Chevrons
Site 2 Baseline Chevrons ChevFull
Site 3 Baseline PMD Dot N/A
Site 4 Baseline PMD Full N/A
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Data Collection
• Data collected 24 hrs a day for 5 6 d it5-6 days per site
• Sites were FM roads• Sample size 300 – 3000 p
depending on time of day and direction of travel
• Data were formatted to ffdifferentiate vehicle type and
time of day.• Individual vehicles were
t k d f th PC t th MPtracked from the PC to the MP.• Only uninhibited free flowing
vehicles were included in the l tievaluation.
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Example Lateral Placementfor Standard PMD Treatmentfor Standard PMD Treatment
•MP PMD Dot
MP
•81.66”
•MP Baseline
•59.78”
•PC PMD Dot
•96 21”
•PC Baseline
•96.21
•82.99”
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Chevron Findings
• Results were similar for all vehicle types and during both day and night periodsduring both day and night periods.
• Both standard and full-post chevrons produced a shift away from the centerline by about 10 – 20shift away from the centerline by about 10 20 inches.
• Lateral position standard deviations were reduced by approximately 40%.
• Estimated centerline encroachments decreased by approximately 88% to 93%by approximately 88% to 93%.
• Mean speed was significantly lowered by 1.4 mph for Chevrons and 2.2 mph for the ChevFullfor Chevrons and 2.2 mph for the ChevFulltreatment.
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PMD Findings• Again results were similar for all vehicle types.• Both PMD treatments shifted vehicles away from• Both PMD treatments shifted vehicles away from
the centerline by about 7” to 20”.• Lateral position standard deviations wereLateral position standard deviations were
decreased by approximately 38%.• Estimated centerline encroachments were reducedEstimated centerline encroachments were reduced
by about 78%.• Both PMD treatments did not achieve a
significantly difference in mean vehicle speed.
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Look for a paper by Re and Chrysler at TRB 2010 to learn more about the field study
Full report: Search TTI Website for Report Number 5772-1