SOME POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS

POPULAR VIEWS CONCERNING: THE VALUE OF SUNGLASSES AND TINTED WINDSHIELDS IN REDUCING GLARE AND IMPROVING VISIBILITY; THE MERIT IN USING AUTOMOBILE HORNS AS WARNING DEVICES; THE ADVISABILITY OF WATCHING THE TURN OF FRONT WHEELS TO DETECT VEHICLE DISPLACEMENT; THE SOLE IMPORTANCE OF CENTRAL VISION IN THE DRIVING TASKS, THE RECKLESSNESS OF YOUNG DRIVERS; AND THE HAZARDS OF LOOKING AT ONCOMING HEADLIGHTS AND HIGH BEAM GLARE, ARE EXAMINED AND SHOWN TO BE MISCONCEPTIONS. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Vision & Highway Safety

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• Authors:
  • Allen, M J
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 201-8
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Vision & Highway Safety
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Vision & Highway Safety

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Drivers; Eyeglasses; Glare; Headlamps; Horns; Teenage drivers; Vision; Windshields
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222201
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1973 12:00AM