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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• Authors:
  • Nussbaum, C
  • Hosemann, A
• Publication Date: 1973-8

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 248-255
• 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