Ultraviolet headlamp technology for nighttime enhancement of roadway markings and pedestrians

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1636, 1998, Pages 124-131

  Turner, Dan ^a   Nitzburg, Marsha ^b   Knoblauch, Richard ^b  

^a Federal Highway Administration Virginia Division   (United States)

^b Center for Applied Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY MARKINGS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; PAVEMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET LAMPS; VISIBILITY;

FLUORESCENT PAVEMENT MARKINGS; NIGHTTIME DRIVING; ULTRAVIOLET AUTOMOBILE HEADLIGHTS;

HEADLIGHTS;

EID: 0032207199     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1636-20     Document Type: Article

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