University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Civil Engineering Theses, Dissertations, and Student Research Civil Engineering Summer 2011 Effect of Information on Driver's Risk at the Onset of Yellow Nathaniel P. Burnett University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/civilengdiss Part of the Civil Engineering Commons Burnett, Nathaniel P., "Effect of Information on Driver's Risk at the Onset of Yellow" (2011). Civil Engineering Theses, Dissertations, and Student Research. 30. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/civilengdiss/30 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Civil Engineering at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Civil Engineering Theses, Dissertations, and Student Research by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. EFFECT OF INFORMATION ON DRIVER’S RISK AT THE ONSET OF YELLOW AT HIGH-SPEED INTERSECTIONS by NATHANIEL P. BURNETT A THESIS Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Master of Science Major: Civil Engineering Under the Supervision of Professor Anuj Sharma Lincoln, Nebraska July 2011 EFFECT OF INFORMATION ON DRIVER’S RISK AT THE ONSET OF YELLOW AT HIGH-SPEED INTERSECTIONS Nathaniel P. Burnett, M.S. University of Nebraska, 2011 Advisor: Anuj Sharma Intersection crashes average approximately 8,500 fatal and 900,000 injury accidents a year (1). At the onset of yellow at a high speed signalized intersection, a driver may encounter a region of the intersection approach, where they can neither stop safely nor be able to clear the intersection before the red indication.