EVALUATIONS OF AUTOMOBILE REAR LIGHTING AND SIGNALING SYSTEMS IN DRIVING SIMULATOR AND ROAD TESTS

Simulator studies were made to evaluate a number of conventional and experimental vehicle rear lighting systems. In normal car-following conditions a number of experimental rear lighting systems, using functionally separated signal lamps or color coding provided better performance in signal identification. Some of the results were confirmed in a road test. There were no stable differences in car-following performance measures between systems in the simulator.

• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Mortimer, R G
  • Sturgis, S P
• Publication Date: 1975-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 171 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Car following; Color; Color codes; Driving simulators; Evaluation; Human factors engineering; Instrument panel indicators; Lighting equipment; Motor vehicles; Performance; Rear lighting; Road tests; Signal lights; Signaling; Simulation; Traffic safety; Training simulators; Vehicle lighting; Visibility; Warning devices; Warning signals
• Old TRIS Terms: Rear lights
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090484
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UM-HSRI-HE-74-24 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-031-3-723
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 29 1975 12:00AM