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Driver Centric Safety Evaluation of Two Lane Rural Highway

Principal Investigator: Dr. Anitha Jacob, Associate Professor, Dept. Of Civil Engineering, Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy Co-PIs: Dr. Jose P. Therattil, Professor and Head, Dept. Of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy Ms. Jisha Akkara, Assistant Professor, Dept. Of Civil Engineering, Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy Mr. Jinesh K. J., Assistant Professor, Dept. Of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy Funding Agency: Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Thiruvananthapuram Project fund : 12.7 Lakhs Rupees The research work focuses on the effect of geometric design consistency on safety of two lane rural highways, taking into consideration the amount of workload the geometry load up on a driver. In order to calculate the workload on a driver, we are conducting test drives on certain selected study stretches around the college campus