PERCEPTION OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SIGNS AND MOTIVATION

Nine subjects were instructed to drive as safely as possible over a highway route of 257 kilometers and to name all the traffic signs they saw along the route. These subjects were able to report approximately 97% of the signs on the entire route and virtually all of the signs in the nonurban, nonintersection areas, while driving safely and committing no traffic violations. It was concluded that earlier experimental results pointing to the relative inefficiency of highway traffic signs are probably primarily due to the deficient motivation of drivers to utilize them. (A)

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  National Safety Council

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• Authors:
  • SUMMALA, H
  • Naatanen, R
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 150-154
• Serial:
  • Journal of Safety Research
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-4375
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00224375

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Highway safety; Highways; Motivation; Perception; Studies; Traffic signs; Traffic violators
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver perception
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00132078
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1976 12:00AM