EFFECT OF THE NUMBER AND POSITION OF SIMULTANEOUSLY PRESENTED TRAFFIC SIGNS ON THE EFFICIENCY OF THEIR PERCEPTION
UTJECAJ BROJA I POLOZAJA SIMULTANO PREZENTIRANIH PROMETNIH ZNAKOVA NA EFIKASNOST NJIHOVA ZAMJECIVANJA
As many traffic signs along the roads are often found grouped in one place, it would be useful to know: the number of simultaneously displayed signs an average driver is able to notice, decode and remember within the comparatively short time at his disposal, and the best position of a sign in a group of several simultaneously displayed signs as regards recognition. To find an answer to these questions, a tachystoscopic study was carried out on a random sample of 60 drivers. An analysis of the replies obtained suggests that possibilities of recognizing these signs are very limited, so much so that, as a rule, not more than two signs ought to be siimultaneously displayed too drivers. (TRRL)
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was originally presented in Serbo-Croatian at the Vth Congress of Psychologists of Yugoslavia at Skopje, 1975.
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Corporate Authors:
Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
Wokingham, Berkshire United Kingdom -
Authors:
- Sverko, B
- Pintar, B
- Gurdvlic-Sverko, B
- Publication Date: 0
Media Info
- Pagination: 4 p.
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Serial:
- TRRL TRANSLATION
- Issue Number: 3201
- Publisher: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Comprehension; Conferences; Drivers; Location; Numbers; Perception; Traffic signs; Translations
- Uncontrolled Terms: Position; Two
- Geographic Terms: Yugoslavia
- Old TRIS Terms: Recognition
- ITRD Terms: 2209: Comprehension; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 9061: Location; 6432: Number; 2229: Perception; 553: Traffic sign; 8538: Translation; 9082: Two; 8128: Yugoslavia
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00396235
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 31 1986 12:00AM