RESEARCH IN AUTOMOTIVE REAR LIGHTING AND SIGNALING SYSTEMS.

THE DETECTABILITY OF VARIOUS STOP AND TURN SIGNALS WAS TESTED IN NIGHT DRIVING, SUNLIGHT, FOG, CITY, AND COUNTRY DRIVING CONDITIONS. INTENSITY, FLASH, NUMBER, AND COLOR DIMENSIONS WERE INVESTIGATED. GREEN-BLUE TAILLIGHTS AND RED STOP-TURN LIGHTS SEPARATED FROM THE TAILLIGHTS WERE FOUND MOST EFFECTIVE, BUT SEVERAL OTHER COMBINATIONS WERE ALSO BETTER THAN THE PRESENT SYSTEM. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report No. GM-ENGINEERING-PUB-3303, 32 PP, 10 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  General Motors Corporation

  Warren, MI  United States  48090
• Authors:
  • Mortimer, R G
• Publication Date: 1969-3-28

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Back; Color; Detection and identification; Detectors; Driving; Economic efficiency; Flashing; Fog; Light; Night; Signal lights; Stopping; Sunlight; Testing; Turning traffic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driving conditions; Efficiency; Intensity
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223051
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 11 1994 12:00AM