Journal article
Visibility of New Dashed Yellow and White Center Stripes as Function of Material Retroreflectivity
Transportation research record, Vol.1553(1553), pp.73-80
01/1996
DOI: 10.3141/1553-11
Abstract
A study was conducted to determine the effects of color (white and yellow) and material retroreflectivity (low, medium, and high) on the end detection distance of finite-length center lines at night under automobile low-beam illumination. Ten subjects were used in a field experiment (rural, automobile low-beam conditions) to obtain the end detection distances of finite-length center stripes of 0.1-m width. The data show that the end detection distances of yellow dashed center stripes and new white dashed center stripes are about the same. The average end detection distances was 30 to 35 m for the low-retroreflectivity material and about 62 m for the high-retroreflectivity material.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Visibility of New Dashed Yellow and White Center Stripes as Function of Material Retroreflectivity
- Creators
- Helmut Zwahlen - Ohio UniversityThomas Schnell - Ohio University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Transportation research record, Vol.1553(1553), pp.73-80
- DOI
- 10.3141/1553-11
- NLM abbreviation
- Transp Res Rec
- ISSN
- 0361-1981
- eISSN
- 2169-4052
- Publisher
- Transportation Research Board
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/1996
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Occupational and Environmental Health; Industrial and Systems Engineering; Public Policy Center (Archive); Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984186585602771
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