FIELD OF VIEW FROM AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES

THE FIELD OF VIEW REQUIRED TO SEE OVERHEAD AND CURB MOUNTED SIGNALS AND SIGNS, STANDING AND MOVING PEDESTRIANS, FIXED OBJECTS, CYCLISTS, INTERSECTING VEHICLES, OPPOSING TRAFFIC, SAME DIRECTION TRAFFIC, OVERTAKING VEHICLES, AND REAR APPROACHING CARS AND TRUCKS, FROM FORWARD MOVING VEHICLES WAS INVESTIGATED IN A SERIES OF RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT INCLUDED LITERATURE SURVEYS, ANALYTICAL STUDIES, HUMAN FACTORS TESTS, AND PHOTOGRAPHIC ROAD TRAFFIC SURVEYS. THE RESEARCH CONSIDERED FORWARD, SIDE, AND REAR FIELDS OF VIEW. REAR VISION THROUGH MIRROR SYSTEMS WAS INCLUDED. DETAILED PRESENTATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS OF THE DRIVER'S VISUAL FIELDS ARE GIVEN. BACKGROUND MATERIAL IS PROVIDED IN THE INCLUDED TECHNICAL NOTES. /NHTSA/

• Corporate Authors:

  Ford Motor Company

  23400 Michigan Avenue
  Dearborn, MI  United States  48124
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 145 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Field of vision; Motion; Motor vehicles; Overhead traffic signs; Pedestrians; Photogrammetry; Rearview mirrors; Reviews; Single vehicle crashes; Traffic surveys; Visibility; Visual perception
• Uncontrolled Terms: Field of view; Fixed object; Moving vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Overhead traffic signals; Rear view
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222293
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-014 033, HS-012 940
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 15 1983 12:00AM