VISION AND HIGHWAY SAFETY

METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE PRESENTED FOR IMPROVING DRIVER CAPABILITIES AND REDUCING VISUAL NOISE, THUS RAISING HIS PERFORMANCE. MAJOR AREAS OF COVERAGE ARE: VISION REQUIREMENTS FOR DRIVING; SPACE PERCEPTION AND DRIVING; VISION TESTS; PRESCRIBING LENSES FOR DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME DRIVING; DRIVERS WITH SPECIAL VISUAL PROBLEMS; VISUAL PROBLEMS IN THE AVERAGE AUTOMOBILE; VISUAL HAZARDS ON STREETS AND HIGHWAYS; AND DESIRABLE PRACTICES AND SOME POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS. SOME SPECIFIC AREAS COVERED ARE CONTACT LENSES; UNITED NATIONS TRAFFIC SIGNS; WINDSHIELD TINT; COLORED LENSES; BLACK VS. WHITE TIRES; GREEN TAILLIGHTS; AND DISEASES OF THE EYE. AN EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY IS INCLUDED. /SRIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 253 Pp, TabS, FIGS, REFS
• Corporate Authors:

  Indiana University, Bloomington

  107 S Indiana Avenue
  Bloomington, IN  United States  47405
• Authors:
  • Allen, M J
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Color; Diseases and medical conditions; Driver improvement programs; Drivers; Eye; Lenses (Geology); Signs; Taillamps; Testing; Tires; Vision; Visual perception; Windshields
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver improvement effort; Driver vision; Lenses (Excluding soils); Vision characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221279
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: May 16 1971 12:00AM