Evaluation of the impact of spectral power distribution on driver performance / author(s), Ronald B. Gibbons [and six others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Gibbons, Ronald B. (Ronald Bruce), author.

Contributor:

Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Traffic safety--United States--Evaluation.

Traffic safety.

Automobile drivers--United States--Safety measures.

Automobile drivers.

Vehicles--Lighting--United States--Safety measures--Evaluation.

Vehicles.

Automobiles--Lighting--United States--Safety measures--Evaluation.

Automobiles.

Roads--Lighting--United States--Evaluation.

Roads.

Roads--Lighting--Evaluation.

Traffic safety--Evaluation.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([240] pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Other Title:

Impact of spectral power distribution on driver performance

Place of Publication:

McLean, Va : U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Research, Development, and Technology, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, August 2015.

Summary:

This report provides the details and results of a comprehensive investigation of the impact of light-source spectrum on driver visual performance. In a series of human factors experiments, the effect of overhead lighting and headlamp spectral power distribution was evaluated with respect to driver detection and recognition of large and small objects. The report also discusses the spectral interaction of headlamp and roadway lighting on the detection of pedestrians, including an evaluation of enhanced pedestrian detection through a momentary peripheral illumination mechanism of the vehicle headlamps.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Oct. 23, 2015).

"August 2015."

"Publication no. FHWA-HRT-15-047."

"HRDS-10/08-15(WEB)E"--Page [240].

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

926130783