Abstract
Several abnormal driving behaviors in violation of traffic rules can be observed on the road network in Kuwait. These behaviors...
Highlights
The two main problems encountered on the road network in Kuwait City, as in most metropolitan cities, are traffic congestion and traffic accidents
While the high rate of traffic accidents has been associated with several behaviors displayed by drivers, i.e. speeding, reckless driving, and distraction, very little attention has been directed to the influence of driving behaviors on increasing traffic congestion
In addition to their possible influence on traffic flow, if such maneuvers are displayed by a significant number of drivers, they may lead to significant discrepancies between real traffic data and outputs from traffic simulation models
Summary
The two main problems encountered on the road network in Kuwait City, as in most metropolitan cities, are traffic congestion and traffic accidents. The problem of traffic congestion stems mainly from traffic demand exceeding roadway capacity, many driving maneuvers could be contributing to increasing traffic congestion due to the disruption and chaos that they create at several points on the road network Such maneuvers include cutting in through the exiting queue at off-ramps, using a through-lane to complete a U-turn maneuver through a median U-turn opening, and encroaching into the intersection area when a spillback queue has blocked the downstream lanes at a signalized intersection. Edara and Chatterjee contend that for simulation models to achieve their aim of conducting analyses and providing accurate prediction of projected conditions, they must replicate field conditions by accounting for actual driver behavior [4]. Gowri and Sivanandan concluded that a simulation model that accounted for aberrant road-user behavior, such as seepage of two-wheeled motorized vehicles to the front of a queue of vehicles, yielded outputs that mimicked
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