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Term of the Road Dictionary

sight distance

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Traffic Traffic Engineering
  • Definition : Maximum distance at which a driver, at a height representative of a private car, situated at the cross section of road being considered, can see a point situated at a given height above the carriageway.
  • Synonyms : visibility distance

Sichtweite

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Betrieb Verkehr Verkehrstechnik
  • Definition : Durch den Fahrer einsehbare Strecke -- maximale Distanz, in der ein Fahrer aus einer für einen Pkw repräsentativen Höhe von einem bestimmten Querschnitt aus einen Punkt in einer vorgegebenen Zielhöhe über der Fahrbahn sehen kann.

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