A ROAD TEST COMPARISON OF REACTION TIMES USING THE COMBINED BRAKE-ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE CONVENTIONAL BRAKE PEDAL AT VARYING SPEEDS AND ROAD CONDITIONS

ONE PURPOSE WAS TO COMPARE THE RESULTS OF ROAD TESTS WITH PREVIOUS RESULTS OF LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS AT THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. ANOTHER PURPOSE WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF MODERATE SPEEDS AND ROAD CONDITIONS ON BRAKE REACTION TIMES. A TOTAL OF 13 TEST SUBJECTS WERE USED, FROM 28 TO 43 YEARS OF AGE, EACH CONTRIBUTING 40 REACTION TIMES DURING APPROXIMATELY 16 MILES OF DRIVING. THE COMBINED BRAKE PEDAL AND THE CONVENTIONAL BRAKE PEDAL WERE COMPARED FOR AVERAGE REACTION TIMES. SAVINGS IN BRAKE REACTION TIME DURING ONE ROAD TEST WERE TRANSLATED INTO A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET AT 60 MILES PER HOUR.

• Corporate Authors:

  Naval Postgrad Sch, Monterey

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• Authors:
  • Costain, P A
• Publication Date: 1971-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 40 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Brake pedals; Brakes; Reaction time; Road tests; Speed
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223972
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Ma Thesis
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 19 1973 12:00AM