AUTOMOTIVE REAR VISION

A REVIEW OF THE STATE-OF-THE-ART IN REAR VISION FROM PASSENGER VEHICLES INCLUDES SUCH PROBLEMS AS FIELD OF VIEW, DISPLAY LOCATION AND DISPLAY CHARACTERISTICS. RESPONSES TO A QUESTIONNAIRE BY EXPERTS IN THE FIELD ARE ANALYZED. EMPIRICAL DATA ARE REPORTED ON REAR VISION FIXATION AND TIME PATTERNS. COMPARISONS WERE MADE BETWEEN FIVE DIFFERENT VEHICLE-MIRROR CONFIGURATIONS DRIVEN OVER THE SAME COURSE UNDER TYPICAL FREEWAY AND CITY STREET DRIVING CONDITIONS. LARGE DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND IN THE TIME REQUIRED TO OBTAIN REAR VIEW INFORMATION. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT DRIVERS ARE FORCED TO TAKE THEIR EYES FROM THE ROAD AHEAD FOR EXCESSIVELY LONG PERIODS WITH STANDARD VEHICEL-MIRROR CONFIGURATIONS, AND THAT THIS CAN BE GREATLY IMPROVED BY IMPROVED REAR VISION SYSTEMS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 690-703 19 FIG, 3 TAB, 12 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Intl Auto Sfty Conf Compendium

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• Authors:
  • Kelly, C R
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Drivers; Driving; Expert evidence; Eye fixations; Field of vision; Information display systems; Mirrors; Questionnaires; Rearview mirrors; Shape; State of the art studies; Time; Vision
• Uncontrolled Terms: Configuration; Driving conditions; Field of view
• Old TRIS Terms: Displays; Driver vision; Expert testimony; Fixation; Rear view
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221049
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1970 12:00AM