Effects of braking deceleration signals on rearend collisions.

Author(s)
Mortimer, R.G.
Year
Abstract

Over 60 taxicabs in San Francisco and Sacramento were equipped with an additional brake-lamp, mounted in the center of the vehicle just behind the rear window, to indicate the deceleration when braking. The study did show that the largest proportion of rear end collisions occurred when the struck vehicle was stopped, suggesting the need for a signal which indicates that a vehicle is stopped or traveling at a very low speed.

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Publication

Library number
B 20085 (In: B 19637 [electronic version only]) /91/ IRRD 261915
Source

In: Proceedings of the twenty-fifth Conference of the American Association for Automotive Medicine (AAAM), San Francisco, California, October 1-3, 1981, p. 369-380, 1 fig., 5 tab., 13 ref.

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