Improving Road Safety and Residential Quality of Life: Evaluating the Automated Wayside Horn System
The automated wayside horn system is designed to replace the train horn as a means of alerting motorists to danger and thus enhancing safety at highway-rail grade crossings. Furthermore, the wayside horn directionality is such that the warning sound is broadcast over a smaller sector than the train horn, thereby reducing residential noise. This article examines the results of an evaluation comparing train horns with wayside horns in the village of Mundelein, Illinois, USA. The study derived from previous work in Gering, Nebraska, and Ames, Iowa. During the 3 months covering the However, there are two issues with the use of wayside horns that need to be resolved. First, and most important, is that the wayside horn starts sounding when the warning lights begin to flash. This startles motorists, and some stop on the rail tracks. A second issue is the frequent unwarranted activation of the system, which encourages people to ignore the gate.
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2004
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Authors: | Lucke, Roy E. ; Raub, Richard A. ; Thunder, Thomas E. |
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Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. - Springer Healthcare | Adis, ISSN 1175-5652. - Vol. 3.2004, 2, p. 71-78
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Springer Healthcare | Adis |
Subject: | Accidents | Quality-of-life |
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Extent: | application/pdf text/html |
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Type of publication: | Article |
Classification: | C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods ; D - Microeconomics ; I - Health, Education, and Welfare ; Z - Other Special Topics ; I1 - Health ; I19 - Health. Other ; I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; I11 - Analysis of Health Care Markets |
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