COLOUR BLINDNESS AND ROAD TRAFFIC
FARBUNTUECHTIGKEIT UND STRASSENVERKEHR
The first part deals with the legal aspect of the problems of total color blindness in drivers in Austria, and a survey is made of international handling of the problem of protanopia. In the second and psychological part the author comes to the following conclusions after studying the pertinent literature: 1 - up to now no certain figures have been provided on accidents involving color-blind drivers; 2 - the displacement of the maximum brightness of daylight vision of color-blind persons does not mean they are a danger on the road; 3 - the color sensitivity time threshold is not increased for the colors relevant to the road, as long as signal installations correspond to specifications; 4 - there is a suspicion that the shortening of the spectrum of persons suffering from protanopia (less than 1 percent of all drivers) means that they have a tendency to be involved in rear-end collisions. It is therefore proposed that instead of continuing with expensive series of tests which are not sufficiently accurate, a stricter control be kept on the study of color weaknesses and other visual defects such as peripheral vision weaknesses, high sensitivity to glare and reduced visual acuity.
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Corporate Authors:
Manzsche Verlags- und Universitaetsbuchhandlung
Kohlmarkt 16
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Authors:
- Nussbaum, C
- Hosemann, A
- Publication Date: 1973-8
Language
- German
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 248-255
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Serial:
- Zeitschrift fuer Verkehrsrecht
- Volume: 18 N
- Issue Number: 8
- Publisher: MANZ'SCHE VERLAGS- UND UNIVERSITAETSBUCHHANDLUNG GMBH
- ISSN: 0044-3662
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Brightness; Color blindness; Forecasting; Laws; Psychology; Research projects; Sensitivity; Traffic surveys; Travel; Urban areas
- Non-Preferred Terms: Accident prone drivers; Accident proneness; Unsafe drivers
- ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 2077: Colour blindness; 1772: Driver; 1534: Enforcement (law); 9034: International; 2066: Vision
- Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00080906
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 6 1975 12:00AM