WRONG WAY HIGHWAY REFLECTORS

DRIVER'S VERBAL RESPONSES AND INVOLUNTARY DECELERATIONS TO ELEVEN DIFFERENT RED HIGHWAY REFLECTOR CONFIGURATIONS ARE PRESENTED IN 16 MM ANIMATED FILMS FROM THE UCLA DRIVING SIMULATION LABORATORY. AN URGENT NEED FOR A CONTINUING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM VIA MASS MEDIA IS STRESSED SO THAT THE PUBLIC IS MADE AWARE OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE RED REFLECTORS AND THEIR INTENDED MEANING; THAT THE REGULAR PATTERN NOW BEING USED THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA IS THE LEAST EFFECTIVE TO UNKNOWLEDGABLE DRIVERS; AND THAT AN IRREGULAR CONFIGURATION WHICH IS NOT CONTINUOUSLY REPEATED ELICITS THE MOST RESPONSES FROM UNKNOWLEDGEABLE DRIVERS./AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  California Division of Highways

  Bridge Department
  Sacramento, CA  United States  05914

  Itte, Calif Univ, Los Angeles

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• Authors:
  • HULBERT, S F
  • Beers, J
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deceleration; Drivers; Film; Reaction time; Red; Reflectorized materials
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225000
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Study No C-3-4
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 12 1972 12:00AM