Behavior Analysis and Simulation Modeling of Overtaking in Two-lane Highway

The majority of highway systems are two-lane highways in China. It is showed that accidents on two-lane highways are relatively more than other road infrastructures according to the statistics of road traffic accidents. Overtaking behavior is rather dangerous and the traffic accident often happens in the course of overtaking on two-lane highway. In the course of overtaking, the driver must observe the opposite vehicles and find an appropriate acceptable clearance .Then the overtaking vehicle could return to the original lane. In this paper, a new overtaking model is established based on analyzing overtaking behavior and the existent models. In the model, the course of overtaking is divided into five steps. This paper explains each step and makes out the corresponding simulation frameworks. At last, the model was validated by making use of the field data. It is useful for studying the overtaking behavior on two-lane highway. For the covering abstract see ITRD E138091. This paper is available from http://ictct.org/dlObject.php?document_nr=556&/7_1LiuShijie275_284.pdf