Viewing ground-mounted diagrammatic guide signs before entrance ramps at night: Driver eye scanning behavior

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1843, 2003, Pages 61-69

  Zwahlen, Helmut T ^a   Russ, Andrew ^a   Schnell, Thomas ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; ESCAPE RAMPS; EYE MOVEMENTS; INTERCHANGES; REVERSIBLE LANES;

DRIVER EYE SCANNING; EYE FIXATION; GROUND-MOUNTED DIAGRAMMATIC GUIDE SIGNS; MINIMUM REQUIRED LEGIBILITY DISTANCE;

TRAFFIC SIGNS;

EID: 1642322253     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1843-08     Document Type: Article

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