COLORS OF SIGNAL LIGHTS

AS THE NATION'S TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS BECOME INCREASINGLY CROWDED, THE SAFETY OF THE TRAVELER IS AN EVERGROWING PROBLEM. ONE OF THE MAJOR ASPECTS OF TRAVELER SAFETY IS THE PROPER UTILIZATION OF THE COLORS OF SIGNAL LIGHTS. OFTEN, THESE SIGNAL LIGHTS MUST BE OBSERVED AND CORRECTLY INTERPRETED AT HIGH SPEEDS IN DENSE TRAFFIC BY DRIVERS WHO ARE HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON THEM. NBS MONOGRAPH 75, COLORS OF SIGNAL LIGHTS: THEIR SELECTION, DEFINITION, MEASUREMENT, PRODUCTION AND USE, BY F.C. BRECKENRIDGE, IS A COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEM OF SIGNALING, WITH THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR PREPARING AND APPRAISING SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE COLORS OF SIGNAL LIGHTS. BASED ON PREVIOUS BUREAU RESEARCH AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON COLOR FOR SIGNAL LIGHTS, THE MATERIAL IS PRESENTED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO AID THOSE INTERESTED IN SIGNAL LIGHT COLORS IN COMPARING THE TECHNICALLY ESTABLISHED INFORMATION WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL SITUATION. /ARTICLE/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 51, No 9, P 206
• Publication Date: 1967-9

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Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Color; Safety; Signal lights; Technology assessment; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Interval sequence; Technical analysis
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Materials; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

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• Accession Number: 00216206
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 23 1994 12:00AM