Experiments made on English urban highways and motorways to determine ways in which driver uses his eyes when driving, and means by which information is conveyed to him in various lighting systems, including daylight; mechanism of seeing in empty roads, medium and heavy traffic, and effectiveness of daylight, twilight and street lighting; it was found that vehicle lights were not capable of providing information necessary for safe driving on motorway if emergency occurs, but that fixed lighting was capable of doing so; characteristics of fixed lighting.


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    Title :

    Visual problems in streets and motorways


    Additional title:

    Illum Eng


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Illuminating Engineering ; 57 , n 5 ; p 361-375


    Publication date :

    1962


    Size :

    15 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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