Rural intersections with traffic lights are characterized by significantly lower pedestrian flows and high vehicle flows on the main road compared to urban intersections. In the event of non-compliance with traffic regulations, pedestrians are exposed to serious consequences of being hit by a vehicle moving at high speed. The paper presents the results of pilot empirical studies on pedestrian behavior at crossings at rural intersections with traffic lights, i.e., studies on compliance with traffic signals and crossing outside designated pedestrian crossings. The results of measurements of pedestrian crossing speeds are also presented.Traffic lights increase road safety by segregating conflicting vehicle and pedestrian flows in time, which results from a reduction in the number of collision points during merging, diverging, and crossing of traffic streams, where collisions or accidents most often occur. By providing road users with appropriate signals indicating the right or prohibition of passage/crossing, traffic lights control the flow of traffic. According to the regulation [1] (§ 98, paragraph 1), traffic signals for pedestrians given by the S-5 signal head mean:
• green signal – permission to enter the pedestrian crossing, while a flashing green signal means that a red signal will soon turn on and the pedestrian is obliged to leave the crossing as soon as possible, • red signal – prohibition of entering the crossing. (…)
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Source: Logistyka Magazine