Relationship between merging lane length and motorcyclist’s head check behavior during merging in expressway

In Malaysia, risky driving/riding is accounted for two-thirds of the total road crashes. It includes speeding, ignoring signal or sign, improper overtaking and merging. In this study, the focus is on motorcyclist's behavior during merging in traffic. The objectives are: (i) to evaluate motorc...

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Main Authors:	Ammar, Adnan, H., Ismail, Radin Umar, Radin Zaid, S., Samuel, Shaffiar, Norhashimah, Mohd Hanafi, Ani, Abdul Hamid, Abd. Malek
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Publications International Lahore, Pakistan 2018
Subjects:	TE175 Highway design. Interchanges and intersections
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spelling	iium-706712019-07-12T08:38:45Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/70671/ Relationship between merging lane length and motorcyclist’s head check behavior during merging in expressway Ammar, Adnan H., Ismail Radin Umar, Radin Zaid S., Samuel Shaffiar, Norhashimah Mohd Hanafi, Ani Abdul Hamid, Abd. Malek TE175 Highway design. Interchanges and intersections In Malaysia, risky driving/riding is accounted for two-thirds of the total road crashes. It includes speeding, ignoring signal or sign, improper overtaking and merging. In this study, the focus is on motorcyclist's behavior during merging in traffic. The objectives are: (i) to evaluate motorcyclist’s head check behavior during merging in urban expressway; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of merging lane length on motorcyclist’s head check behavior during merging in traffic – urban expressway. Field observational study was conducted at 16 scenario locations with different lengths of merging lane (20 – 300 meters). The recording was done for 4 weeks on 1600 motorcyclists. Each scenario was observed from 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. on a good weather condition. Dependent variable of the study is the percentage of head check. If a motorcyclist performed head check towards the target zone while in launch zone, he or she was scored 1, otherwise 0 (binary scoring). Results obtained shows that, three-quarters (76.9%) of the motorcyclists did not performed head check during merging onto urban expressway. Among regression models being analyzed, cubic regression model shows the highest correlation value, R2 of 0.644. Merging lanes between 147 – 227 meters was found to be the optimal length that may influence the motorcyclists to perform head check during merging in traffic. Findings from this study, recommended the merging road design improvement for road safety. In addition, it contributes in improving the riding education program in general, specifically on how to merge safely during merging in traffic. Publications International Lahore, Pakistan 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70671/1/Adnan%20%282018a%29%20Science%20International%2030%283%29.pdf Ammar, Adnan and H., Ismail and Radin Umar, Radin Zaid and S., Samuel and Shaffiar, Norhashimah and Mohd Hanafi, Ani and Abdul Hamid, Abd. Malek (2018) Relationship between merging lane length and motorcyclist’s head check behavior during merging in expressway. Sci.Int.(Lahore), 30 (3). pp. 461-466. ISSN 1013-5316 http://www.sci-int.com/pdf/636663074630192014.edited.pdf
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spellingShingle	TE175 Highway design. Interchanges and intersections Ammar, Adnan H., Ismail Radin Umar, Radin Zaid S., Samuel Shaffiar, Norhashimah Mohd Hanafi, Ani Abdul Hamid, Abd. Malek Relationship between merging lane length and motorcyclist’s head check behavior during merging in expressway
description	In Malaysia, risky driving/riding is accounted for two-thirds of the total road crashes. It includes speeding, ignoring signal or sign, improper overtaking and merging. In this study, the focus is on motorcyclist's behavior during merging in traffic. The objectives are: (i) to evaluate motorcyclist’s head check behavior during merging in urban expressway; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of merging lane length on motorcyclist’s head check behavior during merging in traffic – urban expressway. Field observational study was conducted at 16 scenario locations with different lengths of merging lane (20 – 300 meters). The recording was done for 4 weeks on 1600 motorcyclists. Each scenario was observed from 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. on a good weather condition. Dependent variable of the study is the percentage of head check. If a motorcyclist performed head check towards the target zone while in launch zone, he or she was scored 1, otherwise 0 (binary scoring). Results obtained shows that, three-quarters (76.9%) of the motorcyclists did not performed head check during merging onto urban expressway. Among regression models being analyzed, cubic regression model shows the highest correlation value, R2 of 0.644. Merging lanes between 147 – 227 meters was found to be the optimal length that may influence the motorcyclists to perform head check during merging in traffic. Findings from this study, recommended the merging road design improvement for road safety. In addition, it contributes in improving the riding education program in general, specifically on how to merge safely during merging in traffic.
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author	Ammar, Adnan H., Ismail Radin Umar, Radin Zaid S., Samuel Shaffiar, Norhashimah Mohd Hanafi, Ani Abdul Hamid, Abd. Malek
author_facet	Ammar, Adnan H., Ismail Radin Umar, Radin Zaid S., Samuel Shaffiar, Norhashimah Mohd Hanafi, Ani Abdul Hamid, Abd. Malek
author_sort	Ammar, Adnan
title	Relationship between merging lane length and motorcyclist’s head check behavior during merging in expressway
title_short	Relationship between merging lane length and motorcyclist’s head check behavior during merging in expressway
title_full	Relationship between merging lane length and motorcyclist’s head check behavior during merging in expressway
title_fullStr	Relationship between merging lane length and motorcyclist’s head check behavior during merging in expressway
title_full_unstemmed	Relationship between merging lane length and motorcyclist’s head check behavior during merging in expressway
title_sort	relationship between merging lane length and motorcyclist’s head check behavior during merging in expressway
publisher	Publications International Lahore, Pakistan
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/70671/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70671/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70671/1/Adnan%20%282018a%29%20Science%20International%2030%283%29.pdf
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Relationship between merging lane length and motorcyclist’s head check behavior during merging in expressway

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