The 12 papers in the report deal with the following areas: Effects of misaimed low beams and high beams on visual detection of reflectorized targets at night; Visibility criteria and application techniques for roadway lighting; Effect of luminaire arrangement on object visibility; Color appearance of traffic control devices under different illuminants; Major road accident reduction by illumination; Visibility of targets; Effects of headlamp aim and aiming variability on visual performance in night driving; Minimum photometric properties of retroreflective signing materials; Mobile system for measuring the retroreflectance of traffic signs; Streetlighting research needs of U.S. utilities; Effects of asymmetric distributions on roadway luminance; New CIE and ANSI/IES recommendations for vehicular tunnel lighting.


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    Title :

    Visibility Criteria for Signs, Signals, and Roadway Lighting


    Contributors:
    H. T. Zwahlen (author) / M. E. Miller (author) / J. Yu (author)

    Publication date :

    1989


    Size :

    111 pages



    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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