VISIBILITY AND HIGHWAY NAVIGATION

This is a collection of papers on the above subject that were originally prepared for a Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. The papers in this record are as follows: Driver Performance in Highway Navigation Tasks by G.F. King; Driver Attitudes Concerning Aspects of Highway Navigation by G.F. King; Human Information Processing and License Plate Design by J.D. Fricker; Laboratory Evaluation of Crash Cushion Delineation by N.D. Lerner and B.K. Turner; Investigation of Lamp Damage in High-Mast Illumination Towers by T. Krauthammer and P.A. Rowekamp; and Minimum Retroreflectance for Nighttime Visibility of Pavement Markings by J.L. Ethen and H.L. Woltman; Pavement Texture and its Wave-scattering Properties: Application to Light Reflectance and Skid Resistance by A.L. Kazakov; Retroreflective Road Signs: Visibility at Night by M. Colomb and G. Michaut; Applied Research on Tunnel Lighting: Current Development in Japan by K. Narisada; and Daytime Conspicuity of Road Traffic Control Devices by S.E. Jenkins and B.L. Cole.

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• Publication Date: 1986

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 80p
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1093
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash cushions; Driver performance; Drivers; Highway safety; Lighting systems; Night visibility; Personnel performance; Reflectivity; Tunnels; Visibility
• Uncontrolled Terms: Reflectance
• Old TRIS Terms: Tunnel lighting
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00490326
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• ISBN: 0309041139
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-040 334
• Files: HSL, TRB, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 31 1989 12:00AM