Driver eye and vehicle heights for use in geometric design

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1612, 1998, Pages 1-9

  Fitzpatrick, Kay ^a   Lienau, Torsten ^b   Fambro, Daniel B ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Entranco   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DESIGN; GEOMETRY; HEADLIGHTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VEHICLES;

TAILLIGHT;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032131339     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1612-01     Document Type: Article

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