ROAD LUMINANCES BASED ON DETECTION OF CHANGE OF VISUAL ANGLE

Road luminances were investigated using a realistic visual task and a defined performance criterion of ease of seeing. Position keeping in the traffic stream is an important aspect of the driving task and detection of change of the angular size of the rear of the followed vehicle is the important visual element of this task. Data from A laboratory simulation are presented, linking time to detection of change of visual angle to light level, the initial headway of the followed vehicle and its subsequent acceleration or deceleration. A nomogram is given from which the road luminance can be deduced for a range of traffic conditions. This luminance will permit seeing with a near minimum reaction time. The CIE lighting recommendations for freeways (motorways) are evaluated.(a) /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Illuminating Engineering Society

  York House, 199 Westminster Bridge Road
  London SE1 7UN,   England 
• Authors:
  • FISHER, A J
  • HALL, R R
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 187-94
• Serial:
  • Lighting Research and Technology
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Sage Publications Limited
  • ISSN: 1477-1535
  • Serial URL: http://lrt.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brightness; Detection and identification; Detectors; Drivers; Evaluation and assessment; Headways; Luminance; Motor reactions; Reaction time; Speed; Street lighting; Surfacing; Traffic; Vehicles; Visibility
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction
• ITRD Terms: 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 545: Lighting (street); 525: Luminance; 2247: Reaction (human); 5408: Speed; 2972: Surfacing; 6783: Visibility
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149651
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 1977 12:00AM