INVESTIGATIONS OF MAN'S LINEAR ACCELERATION THRESHOLD

THREE STUDIES CONCERNING HUMAN PERCEPTION OF ACCELERATION SHOWED THAT MAN'S MEAN THRESHOLD SENSITIVITY LEVEL IS BETWEEN 0.01G AND 0.02G. THESE STUDIES SHOW THAT MAN IS CAPABLE OF SENSING ACCELERATION DIFFERENCES AT A LEVEL WHICH IS LOW ENOUGH TO BE OF VALUE IN CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE. FOUR VARIABLES APPEARED TO HAVE A POTENTIAL EFFECT ON THE THRESHOLD. THESE VARIABLES ARE METHOD OF THRESHOLD DETERMINATION, POSITION OF SUBJECT, ORIGINAL VELOCITY, AND POLARITY (ACCELERATION VERSUS DECELERATION). /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Aspects Techniques de la Securite Routiere

  4 rue du Government Provisoire
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• Authors:
  • Rockwell, T H
  • SNIDER, J N
  • Birkimer, J C
• Publication Date: 1968-12

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1-16
• Serial:
  • Volume: 36

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Motion; Perception; Studies
• Old TRIS Terms: Motion studies; Thresholds (Perception)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223815
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-700 036, HS-010 471
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 7 1983 12:00AM