DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS FOR PUBLIC EVALUATION OF POLARISED HEADLIGHTS

ON THE BASIS OF PRIOR STUDIES SHOWING THE TECHNICAL ADVANTAGES OF VEHICLE HEADLIGHTING, AN EVALUATION OF SUCH LIGHTING IN A LARGE-SCALE PUBLIC TEST WAS PROPOSED. THIS STUDY CONSTITUTES, IN PART, THE PRELIMINARY PLANNING FOR SUCH A TEST AND INCLUDES THE DESIGN OF NECESSARY COMPONENTS FOR MODIFYING VEHICLES AS WELL AS THE RESULTS OF A PILOT STUDY UTILIZING APPROXIMATELY 50 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH POLARIZED HEADLIGHTS. /FHWA/

• Corporate Authors:

  Southwest Research Institute

  6220 Culebra Road, P.O. Drawer 28510
  San Antonio, TX  United States  78228-0510
• Authors:
  • Hemion, R H
  • Hull, R W
  • Cadena, D
  • Dial, B C
• Publication Date: 1971-10-21

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Glare; Headlamps; Polarized light; Testing
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222614
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 15 1973 12:00AM