Limitations in drivers' ability to recognize pedestrians at night

Human Factors

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 644-653

  Wood, Joanne M ^a   Tyrrell, Richard A ^b   Carberry, Trent P ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEADLIGHTS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; PRODUCT DESIGN; VISION;

BIOLOGICAL MOTION; PEDESTRIAN CONSPICUITY; PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC; RETROREFLECTIVE CLOTHING;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MALE; NIGHT VISION; PEDESTRIAN; VISUAL ACUITY; AGE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DARKNESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CLOTHING; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 24144454720     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872005774859980     Document Type: Article

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