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Mar 1, 2021 · They found a significant effect in the delays associated with rubbernecking attributable to occupancy level in the opposite direction of traffic, incident duration, maximum congested time, length of the accident, and number of persons injured.
- Paulina Reina
- 2021
It is often the cause of traffic jams, sometimes referred to as "gapers' block" or "gapers' delay", as drivers slow down to see what happened in a crash. Rubberneck is considered as of 2007 unconventional English or slang .
Rubbernecking is a result of a human response to the surroundings, such as freeway signs, scenery, billboard ads, and many other visual “eye-candy”. From a traffic operations standpoint ...
May 7, 2024 · Whether it’s a traffic collision, a building on fire, or even a heated argument unfolding in public, the temptation to rubber-neck can be almost irresistible.
- Roy Lam
reduce rubbernecking impacts. Traffic data was investigated while congestion delay as well as capacity reduction calculations were performed. This study is the first attempt to evaluate the rubbernecking impact of accidents on traffic in the opposite direction based on archived traffic and accident data.
- Jonathan P Masinick, Hualiang Teng
- 2004
Mar 1, 2021 · Results revealed that rubbernecking can instigate significant queue lengths, congestion durations, and traffic delays. In addition, analysis of 637 incidents revealed that 12% of incidents...
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Jan 1, 2014 · Results revealed that rubbernecking can instigate significant queue lengths, congestion durations, and traffic delays. In addition, analysis of 637 incidents revealed that 12% of incidents ...
