Citation

Curry DG, Nielsen EA, Kidd JW, Tuttle MR. Proc. Hum. Factors Ergon. Soc. Annu. Meet. 2007; 51(18): 1181-1185.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/154193120705101827

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Oftentimes vehicular accidents involve collisions, not between two vehicles on the roadway, but between a vehicle which departs from the roadway and a vehicle parked on the shoulder. In many such cases, the striking party will maintain that they were in control of their vehicle at all times, but were simply unable to detect the parked vehicle due to lack of illumination or inadequate warning of its presence. A search of the available literature has produced no data which quantifies the relative detectability of such warning devices compared to reflections from such surfaces as vehicle bodies, non-illuminated taillight lenses, or retroreflective striping such as that required on transport trailers and trucks. This study was designed to quantify the relative detection ranges of each of these surfaces for a vehicle parked alongside a darkened roadway by an aware motorist.

Language: en