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Performance Evaluation of Vehicle Restraint Systems in the Context of Design and Installation
(2021 , Article)
Vehicle Restraint Systems (VRS), a necessary component of the road design, are widely implemented by transport authorities to protect vehicles from severe incidents, mainly colliding to the roadside as well as median ...
Enhancing Pedestrian Safety through the Development of Advanced Operational Strategies for Crosswalks in Residential Areas
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Poster)
Pedestrians are the most vulnerable group in the traffic. Every year approximately 40,000 pedestrians are killed in the world due to road traffic crashes. In the state of Qatar, the situations are even worse with around ...
Investigating the impact of innovative treatments on driving behavior at school bus stops: A driving simulator study
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Poster)
The illegal overtaking/crossing of stopped school buses has been identified as one of the leading causes of students' injuries and fatalities. The likelihood of students in getting involved in a school bus-related crash ...
Impact of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder on Driving among Drivers in Qatar
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Poster)
This study aims to investigate the impact of ADHD traits on young drivers' deviant driving behaviors that may contribute to their involvement in traffic crashes. Methods: A sample of 450 young drivers from the State of ...
Interactions between autonomous vehicles and pedestrians at unsignalized mid-block crosswalks considering occlusions by opposing vehicles
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Elsevier Ltd.
, 2021 , Article)
Visibility can be identified as one of the critical determinants for the safety performance of autonomous vehicles (AVs) on unsignalized mid-block crosswalks (UMC), which may be significantly influenced by build-up environment ...
Investigating the impact of a novel active gap metering signalization strategy on driver behavior at highway merging sections
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Elsevier Ltd.
, 2021 , Article)
A safe headway to the lead vehicle is important to reduce conflicts with merging vehicles from highway on-ramps. Previous research has outlined the advantage of gap metering strategies to yield sufficient space to merging ...
Optical pavement treatments and their impact on speed and lateral position at transition zones: A driving simulator study
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Transition zones are a road section where posted speed drops from higher to lower limits. Due to the sudden changes in posted speed limits and road environment, drivers usually do not adapt to the posted speed limits and ...
Concentration of pb, cu, zn and cd in the roadside soil of doha: Effect of traffic volume and season
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HARD
, 2021 , Article)
The concentration of copper (Cu), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn) and cadmium (Cd) in the roadside soil of Doha was evaluated. Three different roads were selected for the study namely, Mesrif street, Salwa road and Cornish street ...
The appraisal of roadway environment and infrastructure by drivers with autism: A qualitative study
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Elsevier Ltd.
, 2021 , Article)
People with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) might experience difficulties while driving, for instance, related to hazard perception. These difficulties may be related to cognitive issues (internal) such as attention-shifting, ...
Sandstorm animations on rural expressways: The impact of variable message sign strategies on driver behavior in low visibility conditions
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Elsevier Ltd.
, 2021 , Article)
Problem: Evolving sandstorms on rural expressways in desert countries impair drivers' contrast vision and increase the risk of serious crashes due to delayed speed adjustments. Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) such as ...