VISION AT LEVELS OF NIGHT ROAD ILLUMINATION IV. LITERATURE 1957-1958

AN ANNOTATED LITERATURE SURVEY IS PRESENTED OF 67 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN 1957-58. THE NIGHT ACCIDENT PROBLEM AND NIGHT DRIVING HAVE RECEIVED CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION. DISCOMFORT GLARE AND GLARE SENSITIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO THE NIGHT VISIBILITY PROBLEM. DYNAMIC VISUAL ACUITY, MEASURED WITH A MOVING TEST OBJECT, SEEMS TO HAVE LITTLE OR NO RELATION TO VISUAL ACUITY MEASURED WITH A STATIONARY TARGET AND CONSIDERABLE RESEARCH HAS BEEN DIRECTED TOWARD THE PROBLEMS OF VISIBILITY OF MOVING OBJECTS. THE PROBLEM OF THE VISIBILITY OF ROAD MARKINGS IS DISCUSSED BY SOME AUTHORS. THE ADVANTAGE OF REFLECTORIZED LICENSE PLATES IS EMPHASIZED TO REVEAL THE PRESENCE OF A CAR. PROBLEMS AND INSTRUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR MEASURING VISIBILITY ON THE ROADWAY AT NIGHT ARE DISCUSSED. EYE MOVEMENTS AND VISUAL GRADIENTS FROM THE FOVEA ARE DISCUSSED.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 226, pp 56 - 61, 67 REF Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Richards, Oscar W
• Publication Date: 1959

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 6p
• Monograph Title: Night visibility 1959
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 226
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; License plates; Night visibility; Night vision; Reflectorized materials; Reviews; Road markings; Street lighting; Vision
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision; Reflectorization; Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220291
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 16 1994 12:00AM