The guessability of traffic signs: Effects of prospective-user factors and sign design features

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1245-1257

  Ng, Annie W Y ^a   Chan, Alan H S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Guessability; Prospective users; Sign design features; Traffic signs

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; EDUCATION; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SEMANTICS; VEHICLES;

GUESSABILITY; PROSPECTIVE-USER FACTORS; PROSPECTIVE-USERS; SIGN DESIGN FEATURES;

TRAFFIC SIGNS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPREHENSION; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCATION DIRECTORIES AND SIGNS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 34848822509     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.03.018     Document Type: Article

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