Test road experiment on imminent warning rear lighting and signaling

Human Factors

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 615-626

  Wierwille, Walter W ^a   Lee, Suzanne E ^a   DeHart, Maryanne C ^a   Perel, Michael ^b  

^a VIRGINIA TECH TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; OSCILLATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REAR ENGINE AUTOMOBILES; ROADS AND STREETS; SIGNALING;

LIGHTING CONFIGURATIONS; REAR-END (RE) CRASHES; REAR-END LIGHTING;

LIGHTING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH; VIRGINIA; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750386362     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872006778606831     Document Type: Article

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