TRAFFIC SIGN REQUIREMENTS. PART 1. REVIEW OF FACTORS INVOLVED, PREVIOUS STUDIES AND NEEDED RESEARCH
PUBLISHED RESEARCH REPORTS FOR 10 YEARS WERE SYSTEMATICALLY SEARCHED FOR STUDIES OF FACTORS AFFECTING HIGHWAY SIGN EFFECTIVENESS. ATTENTION GAINING CHARACTERISTIC PROVED TO HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY LITTLE STUDIED COMPARED TO LEGIBILITY, BUT WERE INDICATED TO BE OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE. ANALYSIS OF THE DRIVING TASK INDICATES THE IMPORTANCE OF MULTIPLE RESPONSE TASKS IN MEASURING ATTENTION GAINING CHARACTERISTICS. FURTHER RESEARCH ON THE LATTER IS PLANNED. /AUTHOR/
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Authors:
- Forbes, T W
- Snyder, Thomas E
- Pain, Richard F
- Publication Date: 1965
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: pp 48-56
- Monograph Title: Night Visibility 1963 and 1964
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 70
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Analysis; Attention value; Economic efficiency; Improvements; Legibility; Research; Reviews; Specifications; Studies; Traffic signs; Variables
- Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Requirement
- Old TRIS Terms: Study analysis
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00224757
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Dec 12 1994 12:00AM