Development of visual model for exploring relationship between nighttime driving behavior and roadway visibility features

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2298, 2012, Pages 96-103

  Gibbons, Ronald B ^a   Edwards, Christopher J ^b   Bhagavathula, Rajaram ^a   Carlson, Paul ^c   Owens, D Alfred ^d  

^a VIRGINIA TECH TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Human First Program   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^d FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; HEADLIGHTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS;

DRIVER'S SAFETY; DRIVING BEHAVIOUR; INFORMATION SOURCES; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; NIGHT TIME DRIVING; VISUAL CUES; VISUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MODEL; VISUAL TASKS;

VISIBILITY;

EID: 84868527002     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2298-11     Document Type: Article

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