Fotios, S. orcid.org/0000-0002-2410-7641, Cheal, C., Fox, S. et al. (1 more author) (2019) The transition between lit and unlit sections of road and detection of driving hazards after dark. Lighting Research & Technology, 51 (2). pp. 246-261. ISSN 1477-1535
Abstract
An experiment to investigate peripheral detection performance during a driver’s transition between lit and unlit sections of road was undertaken. The results suggest that when a driver moves from a lit to an unlit section of road their detection performance decreases almost immediately to that expected for the conditions of the unlit section and that there is no significant change in the subsequent 20-minute period. Tests were conducted at three luminances (0.1, 1.0 and 2.0 cd/m2): while an increase from 0.1 to 1.0 cd/m2 improved detection, a further increase to 2.0 cd/m2 did not. Lighting of two S/P ratios (0.65, 1.40) was examined at 1.0 cd/m2: this did not suggest an effect on detection performance. Taken together, these results suggest that, in the current context, visual performance reached a plateau at 1.0 cd/m2.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Architecture (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (EPSRC) UNSPECIFIED HIGHWAYS AGENCY UNSPECIFIED |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 06 Sep 2017 11:28 |
Last Modified: | 21 Mar 2019 09:07 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1477153517725775 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1477153517725775 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:120852 |