VISION AT LEVELS OF NIGHT ROAD ILLUMINATION PART X. LITERATURE 1964

A SURVEY HAS BEEN MADE OF 1964 LITERATURE ON VISION APPLICABLE TO NIGHT DRIVING. MEDICAL PROBLEMS OF EVALUATING ADEQUATE VISION FOR DRIVING AND COMPULSORY VISION EXAMINATION OF DRIVERS ARE CONSIDERED. ACCIDENTS, DRIVER ERROR MEASUREMENTS SIMULATION METHODS AND FOLLOWING BEHAVIOR ARE REPORTED. POLARIZED LIGHT AND ITS POSSIBLE INTRODUCTION WAS CONSIDERED. DISCUSSION EXTENDED TO VEHICLE LIGHTING AND LIGHT PLACEMENT, VISION FROM DRIVERS SEAT, VISION STANDARDS FOR DRIVERS, HEADLIGHT GLARE, TINTED GLASS, DETECTABILITY AND LEGIBILITY OF SIGNS, COLOR VISION, MENTAL FATIGUE, VIBRATION EFFECTS ON HUMANS, AND DRUG EFFECTS ON DRIVERS VISION.

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• Authors:
  • Richards, Oscar W
• Publication Date: 1965

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 67-73
• Monograph Title: Night Visibility 1963 and 1964
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 70
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Color vision; Drivers; Drugs; Evaluation; Glare; Headlamps; Lighting; Medical examinations and tests; Night; Night visibility; Night vision; Polarized light; Reaction time; Reviews; Signs; Standards; Street lighting; Vehicle lighting; Vibration; Visibility; Vision
• Uncontrolled Terms: Intensity
• Old TRIS Terms: Light/illumination/
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219550
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-001 610
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 12 1994 12:00AM