Study of Mandatory Lane Change Execution Behavior Model for Heavy Vehicles and Passenger Cars

Abstract

Lane changing is one of the basic driver behavior interactions in microscopic traffic simulations for traffic, safety, and transportation system analysis. Although many traffic simulations pay attention to the decision process for lane changing, the execution process is often simplified or even ignored. This paper presents a study of lane change execution of heavy vehicles and passenger cars in a traffic situation with a blocked lane. A video camera was used to collect data from an arterial road in Melbourne, Australia. This paper investigates the behavior of heavy vehicles and passenger cars in mandatory lane changes and proposes a model framework for the execution of lane changes with rega..