Drivers' performance in response to sight-limited crash scenarios at midblock crosswalks: Evaluation of advance yield markings and symbolic signage

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1835-1839

  Garay Vega, Lisandra ^a   Fisher, Donald L ^a   Knodler, Michael A ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IN-VEHICLE; SIGHT DISTANCE; YIELD LINES; YIELDING BEHAVIOR;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERGONOMICS; EYE MOVEMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VIDEO RECORDING;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 70350608047     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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