The role of roadside advertising signs in distracting drivers

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-236

  Bendak, Salaheddine ^a   Al Saleh, Khalid ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Distraction; Drivers' attention; Road traffic accidents; Roadside advertising signs

Indexed keywords

CHANGING LANES; DANGEROUS SITUATIONS; DISTRACTION; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; DRIVING SIMULATOR; MOTOR VEHICLE; OVERSPEEDING; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; BENCHMARKING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; ROADSIDES; SIMULATORS;

TRAFFIC SIGNS;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROADSIDE; SIMULATOR; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 77951296512     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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