Investigational Study of the Overtaking Behaviour on an Undivided State Highway

Abstract

Overtaking is one of the major process in the driving operation. This process contributes to the majority of road accidents across the globe. The human behavior during overtaking influence the result of the whole overtaking manoeuvre. Overtaking studies are conducted across the world studying the driver’s nature, overtaking parameters and other processes during an overtaking operation. In India these studies are conducted but is limited to the studies of National highways and major roads. This paper is an investigational study of the overtaking behavior on an undivided state highway. Overtaking involves lane-changings, speeding up and speeding down actions, speed of overtaking and overtaken vehicles, and also, speed and distance of vehicles in the opposite lane. In roads without any barrier or separation for the incoming and ongoing vehicles, the driver will have a tendency to use the opposite lane for the overtaking operation. The study is specifically on the undivided roads in mixed traffic conditions. Moving car method is used for data collection and overtaking parameters along with overtaking types are found out.