EFFECT OF PRIOR HEADLIGHTING EXPERIENCE ON RATINGS OF DISCOMFORT GLARE

This study investigated the effects of prior headlighting experience on ratings of discomfort glare from headlamps in an actual driving situation. Specifically, discomfort glare ratings given by West Germans who had recently arrived in the United States and were, presumably, used to the relatively low levels of glare associated with headlamps in West Germany were comapred with ratings given by U.S.-born subjects. The West Germans reported significantly more discomfort than did the U.S. subjects. This finding is in agreement with the so-called range effect, in which subjective judgements are affected by the range of available stimuli. Consequently, the present findings support the hypothesis that discomfort glare ratings are affected by prior visual experience.

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• Authors:
  • Sivak, M
  • Olson, P L
  • ZELTNER, K A
• Publication Date: 1989-8

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 391-395
• Serial:
  • Human Factors
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0018-7208
  • EISSN: 1547-8181
  • Serial URL: http://hfs.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Comfort; Drivers; Glare; Headlamps; Vision
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00490832
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 31 1990 12:00AM