HIGHWAY VISIBILITY RESEARCH NEEDS

This article outlines those aspects of the subject of visibility on the highway that the author feels require further research. These include the effectiveness of reflective clothing for pedestrians, the synergistic effects of prescription drugs on driver vision and congnition, how to improve vehicle conspicuity, luminance and contrast requirements for highway signs, establishing priorities for energy-saving curtailment of roadway lighting, revision of eye height standards to compensate for the increasing number of small cars in use, and the need to develop pavement marking materials that are both more durable and easier to obliterate.

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• Authors:
  • Pulling, N H
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 11-13
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research News
  • Issue Number: 89
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Development; Drivers; Drugs; Highway safety; Reflectorized materials; Research; Road marking materials; Specifications; Vehicle design; Visibility; Vision
• Uncontrolled Terms: Requirement; Research and development
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision; Traffic marking materials
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00319347
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 30 1980 12:00AM