EYE FIXATIONS OF DRIVERS IN RESPONSE TO VARIOUS RETROREFLECTIVE TREATMENTS OF A SEMITRAILER

A field test was conducted to measure the attention-getting properties of various amounts of retroreflective materials fastened to a semitrailer parked beside a test track. The drivers were under the impression they are participating in an unrelated sign-identification task. Increased amounts of retroreflective material markedly increased the distances at which drivers looked at the semitrailer. (E)

• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
• Authors:
  • Green, P
  • Olson, P L
• Publication Date: 1979-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 19-24
• Serial:
  • HSRI Research Review
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Highway Safety Research Institute

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Perception; Reflectorized materials; Retroreflectors; Tractor trailer combinations; Trailers; Visibility
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver perception
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00319848
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-029 111
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 6 1984 12:00AM