Method floating car ; a research method to study the speed-behaviour and routes of cardrivers in residential areas

The method floating car is used to study the effect of the 30 km/h regulation on the speed behaviour of motorized traffic. The priciple of this method is based on "car-following". The method was tested extensively in two experimental residential areas in Den Bosch and Delft. The following test items are descridbed: the handling, accuracy and capacity of the system, the following strategy and the influencing of the followed car. Conclusions about speed behaviour, route choice, fuel consumption, the "character" of the trip, travel distance and time delay can be given. The method isn't accurate enough for the evaluation of for example the speed behaviour nearby a traffic humb.