PERCEPTION OF MOVEMENT DURING NIGHT-TIME DRIVING: ANALYSIS OF THE DRIVING TASK

This paper deals with experimental research in which human perceptual capacities, when following a lead car, have been investigated. In particular, the ability to detect movement of a lead vehicle in relation to the following driver's own vehicle has been studied. /Author/SRIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by the Institute for Road Safety Research (SWOV), Voorburg, Netherlands.
• Corporate Authors:

  Int'l Congress on Vision and Road Safety, First

  Int'l Assn for Accident & Traffic Medicine, 119 Karlavagen
  S-115 26 Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Janssen, W H
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 173-182
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Int'l Congress on Vision and Road Safety, First
  • Publisher: Int'l Congress on Vision and Road Safety, First

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Following distance; Highway safety; Night; Perception; Vision
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver perception; Driver vision; Following distance (Of vehicles)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00153872
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 28 1977 12:00AM