Can headway reduction in fog be explained by impaired perception of relative motion?

Human Factors

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 378-392

  Caro, Stéphane ^a,e   Cavallo, Viola ^a   Marendaz, Christian ^b   Boer, Erwin R ^c   Vienne, Fabrice ^d  

^a Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c Entropy Control Inc   (United States)

^d Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

Car following; Driver behavior; Driving in fog; Fog; Foggy driving conditions; Highway safety; Psychomoter processes; Reaction time; Relative motion; Response time; Sensory and perceptual processes; Surface transportation systems; Visibility conditions; Vision

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SAFETY DEVICES; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HUMAN REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); VISIBILITY; VISION;

CAR FOLLOWING; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; DRIVING CONDITIONS; HIGHWAY SAFETY; RELATIVE MOTION; SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; VISIBILITY CONDITIONS;

FOG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; RESPONSE TIME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249142706     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720809339621     Document Type: Article

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