Empirical analysis on the effect of gross vehicle weight and vehicle size on speed in car following situation

• Main Authors: Abdullah, A., Karem, M.R., Yamanaka, H., Okushima, M.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/12754/1/100197.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/12754/

This study attempts to explore empirically how gross vehicle weight (GVW) of following vehicle and size of leading vehicle will affect the driver behavior in controlling their speed under different compositions of leader-follower pairs in a car-following situation. A large sample of traffic and veh...