Effects of reduced visibility from fog on car-following performance

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2069, 2008, Pages 9-15

  Kang, Julie J ^a   Ni, Rui ^a   Andersen, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEHICLE PERFORMANCE; VISIBILITY;

CAR FOLLOWING; CONDITION; DRIVING DISTANCE; DRIVING SIMULATOR; LEAD VEHICLES; PERFORMANCE; REDUCED VISIBILITY; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE VELOCITIES; VEHICLE SPEED; VELOCITY ERRORS;

FOG;

EID: 61349116768     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2069-02     Document Type: Article

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