The Problem of the Amber Signal Light in Traffic Flow

Denos Gazis, Robert Herman and Alexei Maradudin
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Denos Gazis: Research Laboratories, General Motors Corporation, Warren, Michigan
Robert Herman: Research Laboratories, General Motors Corporation, Warren, Michigan
Alexei Maradudin: Research Laboratories, General Motors Corporation, Warren, Michigan

Operations Research, 1960, vol. 8, issue 1, 112-132

Abstract: A theoretical analysis and observations of the behavior of motorists confronted by an amber signal light are presented. A discussion is given of the following problem when confronted with an improperly timed amber light phase a motorist may find himself, at the moment the amber phase commences, in the predicament of being too close to the intersection to stop safely or comfortably and yet too far from it to pass completely through the intersection before the red signal commences. The influence on this problem of the speed of approach to the intersection is analyzed. Criteria are presented for the design of amber signal light phases through whose use such “dilemma zones” can be avoided, in the interest of over-all safety at intersections.

Date: 1960
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