Legibility distances of fluorescent traffic signs and their normal color counterparts

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1754, 2001, Pages 31-41

  Schnell, T ^a   Bentley, K ^a   Hayes, E ^a   Rick, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHTING; LUMINESCENCE; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL; VISIBILITY;

FLUORESCENT TRAFFIC SIGNS; FLUORESCENT YELLOW; LANDOLT RINGS; LEGIBILITY DISTANCES; PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS; SIX DIAMOND SHAPE SIGNS;

TRAFFIC SIGNS;

EID: 0035672230     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1754-04     Document Type: Article

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