THE PERCEPTIBILITY OF COLORED ROADWAY MARKINGS /IN GERMAN/

TO BE EFFICIENT ROADWAY MARKINGS MUST BE CLEAR AND EASY TO SPOT. PSYCHOMETRIC AND TECHNICAL METHODS HAVE BEEN USED FOR ASSESSING THEIR PERCEPTIBILITY. FOR PRACTICAL TESTING A ROAD MODEL WAS BUILT IN WHICH THE COLOR AND THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE ROADWAY AND THE MARKINGS COULD BE VARIED. PERCEPTIBILITY CONSISTS OF THE INTERACTION OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE ROADWAY AND THE BRIGHTNESS AND COLOR OF THE MARKINGS. DARK STREETS REQUIRE A BRIGHT CONTRAST AND BRIGHT ROADS A COLOR CONTRAST. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH A SCALE FOR PERCEPTIBILITY IT WOULD REQUIRE A MULTI- DIMENSIONAL SCALE, WHICH COULD NOT BE PRODUCED IN THIS RESEARCH. /TRRL/

• Authors:
  • Wagner, H G
• Publication Date: 1969

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 42a-4a
• Serial:
  • Lichttechnik
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Helios-Verlag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brightness; Color; Perception; Road markings; Visibility
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225323
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 1973 12:00AM