Fotios, S, 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 and Technology, 51 (2). pp. 243-261. 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 Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Safety and Technology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 Dec 2018 09:57 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 21:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1477153517725775 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:140123 |