MORE ABOUT SWIVELLING HEADLAMPS

NEW ASPECTS OF SWIVELLING HEADLAMP SYSTEMS ARE DESCRIBED. THE TOPICS DISCUSSED ARE: INFLUENCE OF LIGHT ON VISIBILITY (E.G. IN FOG, SNOW, RAIN, THE CASE OF DIRTY WINDSCREENS), THE REFLECTIVE CHARACTER OF EYE MOVEMENTS, ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT KINDS OF SILHOUETTE; MAXIMUM CONTRAST WITH ONLY ONE LIGHT DIRECTION; SEEING DISTANCE AND GLARE; HEADLAMP HEIGHT ABOVE THE GROUND, MONOTONY RECURRENT PHENOMENA, COSTS OF SWIVELLING LIGHT SYSTEMS; CHANGE IN THE FREQUENCY OF DAMAGE, AND THE U.S. SEALED-BEAM SYSTEM. /AUTHOR/

• Authors:
  • Blomberg, L H
  • Nordberg, B
• Publication Date: 0

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 6-8
• Serial:
  • Ljuskultur
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Eye; Fog; Glare; Headlamps; Rainfall; Snow; Visibility; Visual perception
• Old TRIS Terms: Swivels
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222486
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 24 1973 12:00AM