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Performance Evaluation of Vehicle Restraint Systems in the Context of Design and Installation
(2021 , Article)
Vehicle Restraint Systems (VRS), a necessary component of the road design, are widely implemented by transport authorities to protect vehicles from severe incidents, mainly colliding to the roadside as well as median ...
Optical pavement treatments and their impact on speed and lateral position at transition zones: A driving simulator study
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Transition zones are a road section where posted speed drops from higher to lower limits. Due to the sudden changes in posted speed limits and road environment, drivers usually do not adapt to the posted speed limits and ...
Traffic Impact Assessment for the Stadiums Hosting FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar: A Case Study
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Springer
, 2021 , Article)
The State of Qatar has made extensive preparation to successfully host the upcoming FIFA 2022 World Cup, a tournament that will be held for the first time in the Middle East and the North Africa region. In preparation for ...
Relating reactive and proactive aggression to trait driving anger in young and adult males: A pilot study using explicit and implicit measures
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
Driving anger and aggressive driving are main contributors to crashes, especially among young males. Trait driving anger is context-specific and unique from other forms of anger. It is necessary to understand the mechanisms ...
Autonomous vehicles between anticipation and apprehension: Investigations through safety and security perceptions
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
Due to the ongoing enormous infrastructural developments and car ownership culture in Qatar, it could be one of those countries to introduce Autonomous Vehicles (AV) technology at the early stages. Therefore, this study ...
The Adoption of Electric Vehicles in Qatar Can Contribute to Net Carbon Emission Reduction but Requires Strong Government Incentives
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2021 , Article)
Electric mobility is at the forefront of innovation. Cutting down greenhouse gases when low-carbon electricity sources are maintained has answered the concerns of skeptics when switching to electric mobility. This paper ...
Do detection-based warning strategies improve vehicle yielding behavior at uncontrolled midblock crosswalks?
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
Pedestrians being the most vulnerable road users account for a large proportion of injuries and fatalities from road traffic crashes. Pedestrians are involved in around one-third of the whole fatalities coming from the ...
Driving simulation sickness and the sense of presence: Correlation and contributing factors
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
Driving simulators are useful and effective tools for conducting studies in the field of traffic safety. Simulation sickness (SS) and the sense of presence (SP) are two well-known factors that could affect the results of ...
Investigating the impact of a novel active gap metering signalization strategy on driver behavior at highway merging sections
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
A safe headway to the lead vehicle is important to reduce conflicts with merging vehicles from highway on-ramps. Previous research has outlined the advantage of gap metering strategies to yield sufficient space to merging ...
Does Pedestrian Penalty Affect Pedestrian Behavior? A Case of State of Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Crashes involving pedestrians are a major concern for authorities in many developed and developing countries. To refrain pedestrians from illegal or unsafe road behavior, authorities introduced three pedestrian penalties ...