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The effects of altered traffic signs upon vehicular driving modes and consequent fuel conservation and environmental benefits, as measured by vehicular noise-imprints

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Date Issued:
1976
Abstract/Description:
Florida Technological University College of Engineering Thesis; The hypothesis is that the recorded noise-imprints of a vehicle at an intersection can be used to identify and accurately time the driving modes of deceleration, idle, slow cruise, and acceleration. This is proven by analyzing and comparing noise-imprints of vehicles at an uncontrolled intersection marked first with a 'stop' sign, and then by a 'yield' and an experimental 'dead slow' sign. By relating the duration of each driving mode to known relations, the overall efficiency of an intersection can be characterized. A new technique for studying various types of traffic conditions at intersections is the result. Initial noise-imprint analysis and comparison shows that a 'yield' sign is to be preferred over a 'stop' sign to decrease travel time, air pollution emissions, gasoline consumption, and wear-and-tear on the car. The experimental 'dead slow' sign is used as a demonstration of the noise-imprint technique upon an unknown situation. The efficiency of a 'dead slow' sign proved to be less than that of a 'yield' sign, but still greater than that of a 'stop' sign.
Title: The effects of altered traffic signs upon vehicular driving modes and consequent fuel conservation and environmental benefits, as measured by vehicular noise-imprints.
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Name(s): Pfarrer, Mark Daniel, Author
null, null, Committee Chair
Engineering, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Date Issued: 1976
Publisher: Florida Technological University
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: Florida Technological University College of Engineering Thesis; The hypothesis is that the recorded noise-imprints of a vehicle at an intersection can be used to identify and accurately time the driving modes of deceleration, idle, slow cruise, and acceleration. This is proven by analyzing and comparing noise-imprints of vehicles at an uncontrolled intersection marked first with a 'stop' sign, and then by a 'yield' and an experimental 'dead slow' sign. By relating the duration of each driving mode to known relations, the overall efficiency of an intersection can be characterized. A new technique for studying various types of traffic conditions at intersections is the result. Initial noise-imprint analysis and comparison shows that a 'yield' sign is to be preferred over a 'stop' sign to decrease travel time, air pollution emissions, gasoline consumption, and wear-and-tear on the car. The experimental 'dead slow' sign is used as a demonstration of the noise-imprint technique upon an unknown situation. The efficiency of a 'dead slow' sign proved to be less than that of a 'yield' sign, but still greater than that of a 'stop' sign.
Identifier: CFR0003525 (IID), ucf:52986 (fedora)
Note(s): 1976-01-01
M.S.
Engineering
Masters
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Electronically reproduced by the University of Central Florida from a book held in the John C. Hitt Library at the University of Central Florida, Orlando.
Subject(s): Automobiles -- Environmental aspects
Traffic engineering
Traffic signs and signals
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFR0003525
Restrictions on Access: public
Host Institution: UCF

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