Keeping Your Distance

Synopsis: You are driving along, unhindered by traffic: how close should you drive to the car in front of you in order to be safe? The programme considers this as a modelling problem and approaches it first with a dynamic model of stopping distance. Observations of drivers who do not conform to this model lead to a further model which is in turn assessed. Concludes by looking at a measure installed on the M1 motorway to encourage drivers to obey the two-second-rule by means chevron markings on the road surface.
Series: Mathematical Models and Methods, Course Mst204
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1993
Availability: OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Subjects: Mathematics
Keywords: mathematical modelling; traffic engineering; traffic modelling

Producer

John Jaworski

Cast

Mike Crampin

Name: Open University Worldwide
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