PASSENGER VEHICLE, LIGHT TRUCK AND VAN CONVEX MIRROR OPTIMIZATION AND EVALUATION STUDIES. VOLUME 2: EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE MIRROR CONFIGURATIONS

The purpose of the present study, was to (1) determine the effects of mirror convexity on driver performance after training, in order to isolate the optimum convexity, if any, and (2) evaluate various combinations of plane and convex mirror systems in on-the-road tests, employing the designated optimum convexities. The present volume addresses the latter investigation. A review of the optimum convexity selective study follows is also enclosed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB81-165599.
• Corporate Authors:

  Vector Enterprises Incorporated

  1550 Seventeenth Street, Vector Research Division
  Santa Monica, CA  United States  90404

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • BURGER, W J
  • Mulholland, M U
  • Smith, R L
  • Sharkey, T J
  • Bardales, M C
• Publication Date: 1980-12

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 198 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Convex mirrors; Design; Driver performance; Drivers; Evaluation; Field tests; Light trucks; Mirrors; Optimization; Personnel performance; Standards; Trucks; Vans; Visual perception
• Old TRIS Terms: Optimum design
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00337246
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: VR-80-2-2 Final Rpt., HS-805 778
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-7-01721
• Files: HSL, NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 15 1982 12:00AM