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Highway Design Criteria
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Highway Design Criteria

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Which principle guides highway design to ensure safe roads for all road users?

  • Designing roads with heavy traffic flow
  • Designing roads that accommodate motor vehicles only
  • Designing roads that adapt to human limitations (correct)
  • Designing roads with complex features

    • What is the 'safe systems approach' in highway design?

  • Designing roads with narrow clear zones
  • Designing roads with numerous traffic signs
  • Designing roads with high-speed limits
  • Designing roads that prioritize self-explaining features (correct)

    • What is the purpose of the 'clear zone' concept in highway design?

  • To create space for additional lanes
  • To prevent vehicles from leaving the road (correct)
  • To accommodate pedestrians on the roadside
  • To provide resting areas for drivers

    • According to the world's bank sustainable safe road design manual, what is one aspect discussed for road functionality?

    <p>Developing a hierarchy of monofunctional roads</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the concept of 'homogeneity' aim to avoid in highway design?

    <p>Difference in speed between vehicles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a goal in highway design?

    <p>Encouraging the use of traffic signs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of the 'clear zone' concept in highway design?

    <p>To allow for vehicle recovery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the 'safe systems approach' in highway design emphasize?

    <p>The limitations of human capacity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the world's bank sustainable safe road design manual discuss regarding road functionality?

    <p>Developing a hierarchy of monofunctional roads</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the concept of 'homogeneity' aim to avoid in highway design?

    <p>Difference in speed</p> Signup and view all the answers

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