DOT OA:

Federal Highway Administration (Office of Safety R&D)

Preliminary Title:

Nighttime Driver Performance On Two-Lane-Rural Roads.

Subject and Purpose:

Subject areas of inquiry included driver performance, roadway geometrics and delineation, pavement delineation, nighttime driving, pavement marking retroreflectivity, raised pavement marking retroreflectivity, roadway signage, instrumented roadway test vehicle, and roadway driving simulator.

The purpose of this research was to study nighttime driver performance on two-lane-rural roads.  Two separate experiments were conducted on the road and in a driving simulator.  The results of the experiments will be used to help drivers negotiate curves on two-lane-rural roads at night thereby reducing fatalities and injuries on those roads.

Is this dissemination likely to be

(check one)

Highly influential scientific information

Influential scientific information

Peer Review Plan: 

1. Timing of the Review (including deferrals):

Spring 2006

2. How the Review Will Be Conducted (e.g., through a panel or individual letters):  It is anticipated that the review will be accomplished in two phases.  In the first phase, the reviewers will individually assess the research.  In the second phase the individual comments will be integrated either by a meeting of all reviewers or by a single person who will merge the comments.

3. Opportunities for Public Comment:

There will be no opportunity for public comment.  The nature and content of the report requires highly scientific and technical expertise.

4. Providing Public Comments to the Peer Reviewers:

There will be no public comments  (see response to item #4)

5. Anticipated Number of Reviewers:

Three to five

6. Primary Disciplines or Expertise Needed for Review:

a.  Human factors psychology,

b. Highway engineering,

c.  Highway design, and

d. Statistical analysis and design.

7. Selection of Reviewers: by the agency or by a designated outside organization:

The reviewers will be selected by a designated outside organization.

8. Nomination of Potential Peer Reviewers:

The peer reviewers will be selected by a professional scientific organization.

Contact person:

Thomas M. Granda

E-mail:

thomas.granda@fhwa.dot.gov

Phone:

(202) 493-3365