ROAD LIGHTING OUTSIDE URBAN AREAS: WHAT VISUAL INFORMATION IS NECESSARY FOR THE DRIVER?

WEGVERLICHTING BUITEN DE BEBOUWDE KOM: WELKE VISUELE INFORMATIE HEEFT DE AUTOMOBILIST NODIG?

Two exploratory studies were conducted on the visual information that is of essential importance for car driving at night outside built-up areas. A tentative conclusion is that seeing the geometrical road characteristics (e.g. course of the road, crossings) is often much more problematic than seeing other road users, or possible objects on the road surface. Therefore public lighting should, if no slow traffic is present, specially be directed at improving the visibility of geometrical road characteristics. (Author/TRRL)

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  Noord Nederlandse Drukkerij

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• Authors:
  • Padmos, P
  • Walraven, J
• Publication Date: 1982-9

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 449-451
• Serial:
  • Elektrotechniek
  • Volume: 60
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: NV Noord Nederlandse Drukkerij
  • ISSN: 0013-4627

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver information systems; Driving; Geometric design; Highway design; Layout; Night; Rural areas; Street lighting; Visibility; Vision
• ITRD Terms: 1855: Driving (veh); 2855: Highway design; 2885: Layout; 545: Lighting (street); 9052: Night; 328: Rural area; 6783: Visibility; 2066: Vision
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00370730
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1983 12:00AM