摘要：The effects of a symbolic "yield here to pedestrians" sign and advance yield pavement markings on pedestrian/motor vehicle conflicts, motorists' yielding behavior, and the distance motorists' yield in advance of crosswalks were evaluated at multilane crosswalks at uncontrolled T intersections. In Experiment 1, the sign, when used alone, reduced pedestrian/motor vehicle conflicts and increased motorist yielding distance. The use of fluorescent yellow-green sheeting as the background of the sign did not increase the effectiveness of the sign. Further reductions in pedestrian/motor vehicle conflicts and further increases in yielding distance were associated with the addition of advance yield pavement markings. In Experiment 2, advance yield pavement markings, when used alone, were as effective in reducing pedestrian/motor vehicle conflicts and increasing yielding distance as the sign combined with pavement markings. These data suggest that the pavement markings were the essential component for reducing conflicts and increasing yielding distance. Full Text The Full Text of this article is available as a PDF (301K). Selected References These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article. Van Houten R, Malenfant L. The influence of signs prompting motorists to yield before marked crosswalks on motor vehicle-pedestrian conflicts at crosswalks with flashing amber. Accid Anal Prev. 1992 Jun; 24 (3):217–225. [ PubMed ] Houten Ron Van, Malenfant Louis, Rolider Ahmos. Increasing driver yielding and pedestrian signaling with prompting, feedback, and enforcement. J Appl Behav Anal. 1985 Summer; 18 (2):103–110. [ PubMed ]
