On the hazard of quiet vehicles to pedestrians and drivers

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1306-1312

  Wogalter, Michael S ^a   Lim, Raymond W ^b   Nyeste, Patrick G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pierce College   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory warnings; Pedestrian safety; Quiet Vehicle

Indexed keywords

ENGINES; HYBRID VEHICLES; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; NOISE POLLUTION; WHITE NOISE;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; AUDITORY CUES; AUDITORY WARNING; ELECTRIC CARS; MASS PRODUCTION; MOVING VEHICLES; QUIET OPERATION; QUIET VEHICLES;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DRIVER; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYBRID VEHICLE; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PEDESTRIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUND; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILES; CUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; SOUND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901623128     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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