ESTIMATING RELATIVE SPEED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT

HET SCHATTEN VAN RELATIVE SNELHEID BIJ HET NACHTRIJDEN

The author discusses the problem that a driver at night has only two cues, according to which he has to judge his speed against that of the car in front: the angle between the rear lights and their intensity. Experiments lead to the conclusion that a driver who wishes to increase his speed is prone to choose too high a speed than appropriate, which brings about dangerous situations. /TRRL/

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  Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB

  Wassenaarseweg 220, P.O. Box 93200
  The Hague,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Janssen, W H
• Publication Date: 1976-1

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 22-24
• Serial:
  • Verkeerskunde
  • Volume: 27 N
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: NWB BV/Royal Dutch Touring Club
  • ISSN: 0377-8495
  • Serial URL: http://www.verkeerskunde.nl

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Angularity; Calculation; Decision making; Drivers; Driving; Estimating; Experiments; Highway safety; Luminance; Motor vehicles; Night; Night visibility; Perception; Rear lighting; Side lighting; Speed; Traffic speed; Vehicle lighting; Vehicle spacing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Angles; Intensity
• Old TRIS Terms: Rear lights
• ITRD Terms: 6427: Angle; 6464: Calculation; 2248: Decision process; 1855: Driving (veh); 525: Luminance; 9052: Night; 2229: Perception; 1331: Side light; 5408: Speed; 694: Vehicle spacing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134409
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1976 12:00AM