Actual versus estimated night-time pedestrian visibility

Ergonomics

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1984, Pages 863-871

  Shinajr, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES - HEADLIGHTS; PERSONNEL - VISIBILITY;

NIGHT-TIME PEDESTRIAN VISIBILITY; PEDESTRIAN-VEHICLE ACCIDENTS; RETROREFLECTIVE DEVICES; SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

HUMAN; NIGHT DRIVING; NIGHT VISION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVENTION; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0021473899     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140138408963560     Document Type: Article

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