DRIVING SPEED AND HAZARDOUS LOCATION IN CONSTRUCTION WORK ZONE CASE OF HIGHWAY 2 HIN LATNON-SA AT

Abstract

The construction, repair and maintenance of the highway be always operated. Those operation
areas are physically inconvenient to travel; therefore, they could affect safety in driving and cause an
accident. Drivers and workers in the maintenance area are risky to have such a consequence. According to
the related agencies’ reports, the main cause of accident on the highway is driving in high speed or higher
than the speed limits. From the previous study, it is found that there are three factors which affect accidents
on the highways: drivers, condition of the vehicles, and the environment. Additionally, this research study
focused on studying of speed behavior in personal car driving, which capacity is not over seven passengers,
on the four-lane national highway. The data collected showed that in the ordinary area of the highway,
drivers were likely to drive with higher speed than the limit, but after they drove through the construction
area, the drivers were likely to drive with higher speed as well. Finally, the study found that in the practically,
most of the drivers do not take the safety instruction serious and even the operation staffs could not install the
temporary traffic signs correctly and completely.