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Intersections can be extremely dangerous areas on our nation's roadways. This is especially true in the South. From 2004 through 2022, more than 73,000 people were killed in intersection-related ...
Crashes at intersections (road junctions) are a very common type of road collision types. Collisions may involve head-on impact when one vehicle crosses an opposing lane of traffic to turn at an intersection, or side impacts when one vehicle crosses the path of an adjoining vehicle at an intersection.
A diagram of a Texas U-turn, also known as a Texas turnaround (this one with the local road over the limited-access highway) A Texas U-turn, or Texas turnaround, boomerang, or loop around, [citation needed] is a lane allowing cars traveling on one side of a one-way frontage road to U-turn onto the opposite frontage road (typically crossing over or under a freeway or expressway).
Defensive driving describes the practice of anticipating dangerous situations, despite adverse conditions or the mistakes of others when operating a motor vehicle. [ 1 ] [ a ] It can be achieved by adhering to general guidelines, such as keeping a two- or three-second gap between the driver's vehicle and the vehicle in front to ensure adequate ...
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This NHTSA collision test shows what happens when a Volkswagen New Beetle slides sideways into a utility pole or a tree. Two cars are involved in a side collision at an intersection in Tokyo, Japan. A side collision is a vehicle crash where the side of one or more vehicles is impacted.
RIRO is an important tool of access management, itself an important component of transportation planning.A study applying access management guidelines to the redesign of Missouri Route 763 in Columbia, Missouri [4] illustrates how RIRO, combined with signalized intersections designed to permit U-turns, can accommodate high volumes of traffic with low delay and high safety.