VISUAL PERCEPTION AND HIGH-SPEED TRAINS

It seems certain that as railway speed is increased beyond the present general maximum of about 100 mph, traditional methods of train control, with a driver responding manually at the controls to visual trackside signals, no longer provide essential safety levels. In this article a student of transport control ergonomics discusses some of the problems that need to be considered in designing the control systems of the developing high-speed ground transport vehicles.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Ian Allan Limited

  Terminal House
  Shepperton, Middlesex  England  TW17 8AS
• Authors:
  • Coombs, LFE
• Publication Date: 1972-12

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 4 p.
• Serial:
  • MODERN RAILWAYS
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 291
  • Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing, Limited
  • ISSN: 0026-8356

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Flicker; High speed rail; Human factors; Visual perception
• Old TRIS Terms: Flicker effects
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046418
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 18 1976 12:00AM