ASSESSMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE VISIBILITY BY A FIGURE OF MERIT

A MATHEMATICAL MODEL IS PRESENTED TO ASSESS THE DIRECT VISIBILITY AFFORDED A BINOCULAR DRIVER OF AN AUTO. THE MODEL IS STRUCTURED TO INCLUDE A REPRESENTATION OF THE FIELD OF VIEW AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS THE VISUAL FIELD REQUIRED FOR SAFE DRIVING. THE OUTPUT OF THE MODEL IS A FIGURE OF MERIT. THE RANGE OF THE FIGURE OF MERIT FOR THE THIRTEEN 1969 VEHICLES TESTED IS DISCUSSED. SUCH DATA PROVIDE RELATIVE MEASURES OF GOOD VISIBILITY FOR THE VEHICLES CONSIDERED. THE MODEL, ONCE REFINED AND APPROPRIATELY EXTENDED, CAN YIELD QUANTITATIVE VISIBILITY STANDARDS FOR AUTOS AND IN CONCEPT CAN BE ADAPTED TO INCLUDE TRUCKS, BUSES, AND VISUAL AIDS SUCH AS REARVIEW MIRRORS. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 644-676, 14 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Intl Auto Sfty Conf Compendium

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• Authors:
  • Barnoski, R L
  • Maurer, J R
  • Kugler, B A
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Design; Drivers; Field of vision; Mathematical models; Visibility
• Uncontrolled Terms: Field of view
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223566
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 29 1971 12:00AM