Field evaluation of audible traffic signals for blind pedestrians

Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennium'

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 730-733

  Laroche, C ^a   Leroux, T ^a   Giguere C ^a   Poirier, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUDIO ACOUSTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

AUDIBLE TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 1842786026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120004402261     Document Type: Conference Paper

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