Sight Distance

Jerome Egwurube

Question 1

A motorist travelling at 110 km/h on a freeway intends to leave the freeway

using an exit ramp with a maximum speed of 60 km/h. at what point on the
freeway should the motorist step on the break in order to reduce the speed to
the maximum allowable on the ramp just before entering the ramp, if the
section of this section of the freeway has a downgrade of 3 %? [Use Australian
Standard] Answer: 145.5 m

Question 2

The design speed of a rural road is 100 km/h. Determine

The minimum stopping sight distance that should be provided for a level roadway

The minimum stopping sight distance that should be provided for a roadway with a
maximum grade of 7%.

Use Australian Standard

Answer: [178.8 m, 205.2m]