VISION AND DRIVING

VISION IS VIRTUALLY THE ONLY SENSORY INPUT DETERMINING DECISIONS IN DRIVING. MOTORISTS DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED MUST BE ABLE TO DETERMINE VISUAL CLUES VERY RAPIDLY. ANY DECREASE IN DYNAMIC VISUAL ACUITY WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF ACCIDENTS. MANY SIGNS ARE TOO SMALL TO BE EASILY READ AT HIGH SPEED. PHYSICIANS SHOULD MAKE SURE THEIR PATIENTS HAVE GOOD ENOUGH VISION TO DRIVE A CAR. IN ADDITION TO VISUAL ACUITY, VISUAL FIELD, DEPTH PERCEPTION, NIGHT BLINDNESS, AND COLOR BLINDNESS ARE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 19, No 5, PP 53-54, 8 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  N/A

  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Barr, S E
• Publication Date: 1970-5

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Maryland Medical Journal
  • Publisher: Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of MD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Color blindness; Decision making; Depth perception; Drivers; Driving; High speed ground transportation; High speed vehicles; Night vision; Speed; Vision; Visual perception
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision
• Subject Areas: Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221026
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 19 2003 12:00AM