Citation

Rashevsky N. Bull. Math. Biophys. 1961; 23(1): 19-29.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1961, Mathmatical Biology)

DOI

10.1007/BF02476571

PMID

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Abstract

Traffic in one direction on a multilane highway is considered, and a general expression for the number of cars which pass a car travelling at a given velocity, as well as the number of cars which the given car passes, is derived for the case when the speeds of different cars are distributed in some arbitrary manner. Closed expressions are derived and discussed for a rectangular distribution. Each passing by another car or of another car is considered as a distracting stimulus which affects the reaction times of the driver. Using previously derived expressions for the safe speed as a function of reaction times, expressions for the safe average speed are derived, in terms of the volume of traffic and of the spread of the distribution of speeds.


Keywords: Driver distraction;

Language: en