Traffic sign symbol comprehension: A cross-cultural study

Ergonomics

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1549-1565

  Shinar, David ^a   Dewar, Robert E ^b   Summala, Heikki ^c   Zakowska, Lidia ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Western Ergonomics ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Highway safety; Highway traffic signs; Symbol design

Indexed keywords

DRIVER LICENSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; STANDARDIZATION; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

MOTORIZATION; SPATIAL COMPATIBILITY;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; POLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDIZATION; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAVEL; VOLUNTEER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CANADA; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; TRAVEL;

EID: 0347757087     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013032000121615     Document Type: Article

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