Perceptual lane width, wide perceptual road centre markings and driving speeds

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-256

  Godley, Stuart T ^a   Triggs, Thomas J ^a   Fildes, Brian N ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driving simulation; Lane width; Medians; Road centre markings; Road safety; Speed; Speed perception; Steering

Indexed keywords

ROADS AND STREETS; SIMULATORS; SPEED CONTROL; STEERING; VISION;

DRIVING SPEED; ROAD CENTER MARKING;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VISION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIMULATOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC; VELOCITY; WORKLOAD;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 1042269526     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130310001629711     Document Type: Article

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