Evaluation of visibility of tinted helmet visors for motorcycle riders

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 953-958

  Lai, Hsin His ^a   Huang, Hsinfu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Direct glare; Motorbike riders; Tinted helmet visors; Visibility

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; GLARE; MOTORCYCLES; VISIBILITY;

DEGREE OF VISIBILITIES; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DIRECT GLARE; EVALUATION ITEMS; HELMET VISORS; LANDOLT C; MOTORBIKE RIDERS; ROAD TESTS; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS; TINTED HELMET VISORS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC; VISIBILITY;

EID: 54949091532     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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