PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN AUTOMOBILE REAR LIGHTING

THE REAR LIGHTING AND SIGNALING SYSTEM IS AMENABLE TO DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE BETTER DRIVER PERFORMANCE AND THUS REDUCE ACCIDENTS. A STATIC DRIVING SIMULATION AND ACTUAL DRIVING TESTS SHOWED THAT NUMBER CODING, FUNCTIONAL SEPARATION, AND COLOR WERE EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING RESPONSE TIME, MISSED SIGNAL, AND ERRORS OF FOLLOWING DRIVERS. STUDIES OF COLOR DISCRIMINATION AND VISIBILITY IN CLEAR AND FOGGY ATMOSPHERES SHOWED THAT GREEN-BLUE WOULD BE A PRACTICAL PRESENCE LIGHT COLOR. DUAL INTENSITY SIGNALS AND PRESENCE LIGHTS ARE RECOMMENDED, TOGETHER WITH FORWARD-MOUNTED REPEATER TURN SIGNALS. SEPARATE PRESENCE, TURN, AND STOP SIGNAL LAMPS SHOULD BE COLOR CODED GREEN-BLUE, AMBER AND RED. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 586-598, 28 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Intl Auto Sfty Conf Compendium

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• Authors:
  • Mortimer, R G
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coding systems; Color codes; Driver performance; Drivers; Driving simulators; Emergency response time; Lighting; Numbers; Personnel performance; Psychology; Reaction time; Signaling; Visibility
• Old TRIS Terms: Coding
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221123
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 2 1970 12:00AM