The locations of headlamps and driver eye positions in vehicles sold in the USA

Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 872-878

  Sivak, Michael ^a   Flannagan, Michael J ^a   Budnik, Eric A ^a   Flannagan, Carol C ^a   Kojima, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cars; Driver eye position; Headlamp location; Light trucks; Survey; Vans

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

DRIVER EYE POSITIONS; HEADLAMP LOCATIONS; TRAFFIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DATA BASE; DRIVER; EYE POSITION; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; REFERENCE VALUE; SEAT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031239704     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401397187702     Document Type: Article

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