RECOGNITION OF ROAD PAVEMENT MESSAGES - A SIMULATION

Subjects were presented with colour slides of road pavement messages, photographed at a range of distances, and recognition threshold visual angles were determined for each of several message letter heights. It was found that effects due to non-linear perception of distance, previously observed in a field study, were accurately reproduced in the laboratory. Thresholds were significantly affected by exposure time of the message (A) /TRRL/

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• Authors:
  • Hoffmann, E E
  • Young, P A
  • MACDONALD, W A
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 36-39
• Serial:
  • Australian Road Research
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: ARRB
  • ISSN: 0005-0164

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dimensional analysis; Distance; Laboratories; Lettering; Mathematical models; Perception; Road markings; Simulation; Size; Visibility; Visibility distance
• Old TRIS Terms: Dimensional measurement; Letters; Recognition; Traffic marking
• ITRD Terms: 562: Carriageway marking; 9014: Dimension; 6237: Laboratory (not an organization); 541: Lettering; 6473: Mathematical model; 9103: Simulation; 6783: Visibility; 6793: Visibility distance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00131488
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 14 1976 12:00AM