Motorcycle conspicuity: Effects of age and daytime running lights

Human Factors

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-369

  Al Awar Smither, Janan ^a   Torrez, Lorenzo I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT   (United States)

Author keywords

aging motorists; following vehicle lights; headlight modulators; motorcycle conspicuity; motorcycle lighting; vehicular daytime running lights

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED CHANGES; AGING MOTORISTS; CONSPICUITY; DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOLLOWING-VEHICLE LIGHTS; HIGH FIDELITY; HIGH RATE; HIGH-DENSITY; INTERACTION EFFECT; LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY; MAIN EFFECT; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REACTION TIME; REAL-WORLD; SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC CONES; TWO WHEELED VEHICLES; VIDEO CLIPS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BICYCLES; HEADLIGHTS; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHTING; RESEARCH; VEHICLES;

MOTORCYCLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77958451565     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720810374613     Document Type: Article

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