VISUAL CONSIDERATIONS OF MAN, THE VEHICLE, AND THE HIGHWAY: PART I

A SHORT PHYSIOLOGICAL OPTICS REVIEW FOR DESIGNERS AND USERS OF AUTOMOBILES IS PRESENTED GIVING A DESCRIPTION OF THE MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY OF THE VISUAL ORGAN. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE EYES, THE VISUAL FIELD, AND FIXATION FIELD ARE DESCRIBED IN A MORE DETAILED WAY, TOGETHER WITH THE SENSORY MECHANISMS WHICH COMPRISE ADAPTATION, CONTRAST SENSITIVITY, VISUAL ACUITY, PERCEPTION OF MOTION, AND PERCEPTION OF DIRECTION AND DISTANCES. IN VIEW OF THEIR IMPORTANCE IN DRIVING, SPECIAL ATTENTION WAS GIVEN TO THE PROBLEMS OF GLARE, THE TIME FACTOR IN VISION, AND THE VISUAL PROBLEMS IN MOTION. A COMPARISON OF VISIBILITY OF RED VERSUS GREEN CONCLUDES THE PAPER. AN EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO CONFINE THE TEXT TO THE PHENOMENA WHICH ARE BASIC AND NECESSARY FOR GENERAL UNDERSTANDING AND HAVE AN OBVIOUS BEARING ON AUTOMOTIBE DESIGN AND DRIVING PROCEDURES. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Schmidt, I
• Publication Date: 1966-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Color; Driving; Eye; Glare; Motor skills; Vision; Visual perception
• Old TRIS Terms: Sensory motor coordination
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223748
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: No Sp-279
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1972 12:00AM