PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF MOVEMENT TIME BETWEEN BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS IN AUTOMOBILES

THE RESULTS ARE EXAMINED OF A PRELIMINARY STUDY TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS A VALID CAUSE TO QUESTION THE POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIP OF BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS IN CONTEMPORARY AUTOMOBILES. TEN SUBJECTS WERE TESTED TO DETERMINE HOW LONG IT TAKES TO MOVE THE FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR TO THE BRAKE PEDAL IN THE SAME HORIZONTAL PLANE, AND WITH A 6-IN. HEIGHT DIFFERENTIAL. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS INDICATED THAT AT HIGH SPEEDS, A REDUCTION IN STOPPING DISTANCE OF UPWARDS OF 14 FT. COULD BE AFFECTED FOR THE CASE TESTED. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 11, No 4, PP 407-409
• Authors:
  • DAVIES, B T
  • Watts, J M
• Publication Date: 1969-8

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Human Factors
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0018-7208
  • EISSN: 1547-8181
  • Serial URL: http://hfs.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accelerators (Devices); Brakes; Foot; Motion; Stopping distances; Time
• Old TRIS Terms: Accelerators; Time factor
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223124
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 13 1970 12:00AM