SPRAY-ON TINTING OF WINDSCREENS

DATA ARE PRESENTED ON CLEAR, INTERNALLY TINTED AND SPRAY- ON TINTED WINDSCREENS AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE ARE DISCUSSED WITH REGARD TO NIGHT VISIBILITY, SIGNAL DETECTION AND COMFORT. PHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS MADE ON SOME OF THE SPRAYS ARE DESCRIBED. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT TINTING OF THE WINDSCREEN BY ANY MEANS IS UNSATISFACTORY BECAUSE OF ITS INHIBITING EFFECT ON RED TRAFFIC SIGNAL DETECTION. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PUT FORWARD REGARDING THE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION REQUIREMENTS OF WINDSCREENS. /RRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 14 Pp, 3 FiG, 3 TAB, 5 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  University of New South Wales. Institute of Highway and Traffic Research

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• Authors:
  • Fisher, A
• Publication Date: 1969-2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Color; Night visibility; Photometers; Sprays (Materials); Traffic signals; Windshields
• Old TRIS Terms: Tints /materials/
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220189
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 1 1971 12:00AM