Download or read book Mitigating Crashes at High-risk Rural Intersections with Two-way Stop Control written by Eugene Russell and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A previous K-TRAN study of crashes at eight rural intersections of state highways and local roads/streets with two-way stop control (Stokes, et. al. 2000) determined that there was nothing wrong with design, signing or sight distances. The real problem was likely poor judgment by the stopped driver on the minor approach of the speed of an oncoming vehicle and/or safe gap in traffic on the major highway. Since then, several mitigation strategies have been suggested, from studies in other states and some relatively simple and low-cost, e.g., a variable-message display to give the stopped driver the speed of an approaching vehicle. Several other strategies have also been suggested. These other strategies found in literature reviews are reviewed in the following sections of this report. There are also several low-cost techniques used, mostly in foreign countries, to slow drivers on major highways as they enter small towns and villages, e.g., narrowing pavement lines, establishing visual gateways, etc. Lowered speeds would decrease crash severity. This study investigated options and field test one or more of the most promising. It can be concluded that both the solar speed display units and mobile speed trailers used on this study were effective in reducing speeds at the desired points. In regard to the colored pavement sections and the optical speed bars it cannot be concluded that they were effective; however, there were some mixed results and the optical speed bar data analysis on US- 24 in Douglas County near Midland Junction indicated that there is a possibility that they could be effective. Additional studies, and longer term studies, should be conducted.