COLOUR-BLIND DRIVERS' PERCEPTION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS
There is a dangerous and widespread assumption that colour-blind drivers drive as safely as drivers with normal vision. Colour-blind drivers have difficulties recognizing traffic and vehicle signals. However, simple and practical solutions such as changes to the design, colour and shape of signals will aid these drivers.
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Availability:
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Corporate Authors:
Canadian Medical Association
1867 Alta Vista Drive, P.O. Box 8650
Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1G 0G8 -
Authors:
- Whillans, M G
- Publication Date: 1983-5-15
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: 3 p.
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Serial:
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Volume: 128
- Publisher: Canadian Medical Association
- ISSN: 0820-3946
- EISSN: 0820-3946
- Serial URL: http://www.cmaj.ca/
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Color blindness; Diseases and medical conditions; Drivers; Perception; Signaling; Traffic safety; Traffic signals; Vision
- Old TRIS Terms: Driver perception; Driver vision; Signal recognition
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00392227
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 320
- Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Jan 30 1985 12:00AM