Traffic sign luminance requirements of nighttime drivers for symbolic signs

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1862, 2004, Pages 24-35

  Schnell, Thomas ^a   Aktan, Fuat ^a   Li, Changbao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILES; DATA PROCESSING; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LUMINESCENCE;

BACKGROUND LUMINANCE; NIGHTTIME DRIVERS; SYMBOLIC SIGNS; TRAFFIC SIGN LUMINANCE;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

EID: 10044264360     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1862-04     Document Type: Article

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