A LABORATORY COMPARISON OF SYMBOL AND WORD ROADWAY SIGNS

AN EXPERIMENT IS DESCRIBED WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE A SUBJECT'S ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE THE MEANING OF AN UNFAMILIAR SYMBOL SIGN AND TO COMPARE THE GLANCE LEGIBILITY OF SYMBOL VERSUS WORK MESSAGE SIGNS. DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF THE TEST PROCEDURE USED; RESULTS SHOW THAT SYMBOLIC SIGNS (EUROPEAN SYSTEM) ARE MORE EFFECTIVE IN TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE THAN THE AMERICAN SYSTEM WHICH USES WORD SIGNS. /RRL/

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 12, No 10, PP 518-520, 2 FIG, 3 TAB, 7 REF
• Authors:
  • King, L Ellis
• Publication Date: 1971-2

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coding systems; Computer programming languages; Legibility; Road markings; Symbols; Traffic signs
• Old TRIS Terms: Word markings
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225327
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 19 1971 12:00AM