SOME POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT VISION AND DRIVING

MANY PEOPLE THINK SUNGLASSES WILL CUT GLARE, EVEN AT NIGHT, WITHOUT REALIZING THAT SUNGLASSES ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY. TINTED WINDSHIELDS MAY ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY. HORNS ARE USED TO ALERT PEOPLE TO DANGER, BUT THEIR SOUND DOES NOT CARRY AS FAR AS THE LIGHT FROM FLASHING HEADLAMPS WOULD CARRY. IT MAY BE THAT RAPID FLASHING OF HEADLAMPS SHOULD REPLACE HORN USAGE OR BE SYNCHRONIZED WITH IT. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO WATCH THE FRONT WHEELS OF AN ONCOMING CAR TO DETECT TURNING MOVEMENT, BUT AT HIGH SPEEDS THIS DOES NOT GIVE SUFFICIENT WARNING. STATE DRIVER LICENSE STANDARDS ON CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL ACUITY ARE CRITICIZED AS INSUFFICIENT. THE ACCIDENT RATES OF INEXPERIENCED YOUNG DRIVERS AND DRIVERS OVER 45 ARE HIGHER THAN AVERAGE, AND IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THIS IS PARTLY DUE TO THEIR DRIVING OLD CARS WHICH ARE NOT IN GOOD CONDITION. THE PROBLEM OF HEADLAMP GLARE FROM ONCOMING CARS IS ALSO DISCUSSED.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • VOL 72 NO 2 PP 8-10, 32-3
• Authors:
  • Allen, M J
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Traffic Safety (Chicago)
  • Publisher: National Safety Council
  • ISSN: 0041-0721

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Color; Crash rates; Driver licenses; Drivers; Glare; Headlamps; Horns; Human characteristics; Standards; Sunlight; Visibility; Warning systems; Windshields
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Old TRIS Terms: Sun glare; Tints /materials/
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221905
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 17 1973 12:00AM