Ergonomic guidelines for traffic sign design increase sign comprehension

Human Factors

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 182-195

  Ben Bassat, Tamar ^a   Shinar, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; PROBABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; TRAFFIC SIGNS;

SIGN COMPREHENSION; TRAFFIC SIGN DESIGN;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICY; RATING SCALE; STANDARDIZATION; STUDENT; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOCATION DIRECTORIES AND SIGNS; MALE;

EID: 33646376896     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872006776412298     Document Type: Article

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