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Monograph

http://onlinepubs.trb.org...ubs/trr/1987/1149/1149.pdf

This Transportation Research Record contains the following papers: Effect of Alternative Reduced Lighting Techniques on Hazard Detection, M.S. Janoff and L.K. Staplin; Characterizing Discomfort Glare from Roadway Lighting, C.A. Bennett; Evaluation of Headlamp Systems for Nighttime Safety: Their Relationship to Retroreflective Traffic Sign Performance, R.L. Austin and H.L. Woltman; Marine Visibility Research and Development Initiatives of the U.S. Coast Guard, D. Henderson and B. May; Legibility of Freeway Guide Signs as Determined by Sign Materials, R.W. McNees and H.D. Jones; Contrast Sensitivity, Drivers' Visibility, and Vision Standards, A.P. Ginsburg; Effect of Alternate Population Mixes on Design Eye Locations in Vehicles, A.J. Arnold, R.A. Ferrara, and T.J. Kuechenmeister; Measuring Wet-Night Delineation Reflectivity, R. Dejaiffe; Use of Reflectorization to Reduce Truck-Trailer Accidents, W.J. Burger and R.L. Smith; Driver Lateral Control Performance as a Function of Delineation, H.T. Zwahlen; and Establishing a Minimum Functional Reflectance for Raised Pavement Markers, R.W. McNees.

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1987

Transportation Research Record

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Contrast; Detection and identification; Detectors; Drivers; Eye location; Glare; Guide signs; Hazards; Headlamps; Legibility; Materials; Moisture content; Night; Performance; Raised road markings; Reflectivity; Reflectorized materials; Reflectorized road markings; Retroreflectivity; Safety; Spacing; Street lighting; Tractor trailer combinations; Traffic safety; Traffic signs; Vehicle design; Visibility; Vision

Contrast sensitivity; Eye height; Wet conditions

Design; Materials; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors

HSL, TRB, ATRI, USDOT

Jul 31 1992 12:00AM

• CHARACTERIZING DISCOMFORT GLARE FROM ROADWAY LIGHTING
• CONTRAST SENSITIVITY, DRIVERS' VISIBILITY, AND VISION STANDARDS
• DRIVER LATERAL CONTROL PERFORMANCE AS A FUNCTION OF DELINEATION
• EFFECT OF ALTERNATE POPULATION MIXES ON DESIGN EYE LOCATIONS IN VEHICLES
• EFFECT OF ALTERNATIVE REDUCED LIGHTING TECHNIQUES ON HAZARD DETECTION
• ESTABLISHING A MINIMUM FUNCTIONAL REFLECTANCE FOR RAISED PAVEMENT MARKERS
• EVALUATION OF HEADLAMP SYSTEMS FOR NIGHTTIME SAFETY: THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO RETROREFLECTIVE TRAFFIC SIGN PERFORMANCE
• LEGIBILITY OF FREEWAY GUIDE SIGNS AS DETERMINED BY SIGN MATERIALS
• MARINE VISIBILITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD
• MEASURING WET-NIGHT DELINEATION REFLECTIVITY
• USE OF REFLECTORIZATION TO REDUCE TRUCK-TRAILER ACCIDENTS