VISION AT LEVELS OF NIGHT ROAD ILLUMINATION. III. LITERATURE 1956-57

AN ANNOTATED LITERATURE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED ON NIGHT VISION. FIGURES OF MERIT OF ROADWAY LIGHTING ARE DISCUSSED, AS WELL AS THE BRIGHTNESS OF MERCURY LAMPS, PHOTOMETRIC LUMINANCE AND DARK ADAPTATION. THE USE OF A TACHISTOSCOPE IS RECOMMENDED FOR TESTING DRIVER'S VISION. VARIABLES OF VISUAL ACUITY, GLARE DISCOMFORT, PUPIL DIAMETER ARE DISCUSSED. THE FACTORS OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AND AGE ARE DISCUSSED.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 191, pp 57-61, 50 REF Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Richards, Oscar W
• Publication Date: 1958

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 5p
• Monograph Title: Night visibility, 1958
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 191
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brightness; Drivers; Glare; Mercury vapor lamps; Night vision; Photometry; Reviews; Street lighting; Vision; Visual perception
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision; Mercury lamps
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220274
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 19 1994 12:00AM