This third edition of Forensic Aspects of Driver Perception and Response contains on driver perception and response and related human factors and design issues. This text contains the most current information available in the area of driver perception and perception-response time. Existing chapters have been expanded, providing in-depth coverage of areas such as light reflecting surfaces, visibility enhancing materials, driver age, gender and experience, fatigue, speed perception and vehicle size, vehicle lighting and marking, glare, and more. Many of these were only briefly mentioned or not included in the earlier editions. Additionally, new chapters have been added to present completely new material on many related driver perception and response issues including roadway design and the driver, work zones, railroad grade crossings, roadway signage, weather and driving and driver distraction. Topics Include: * Human factors in accident reconstruction; * Human variability and expectancy; * Light and its measurement; * Vision, audition, vibration and the processing of information; * Measurement of visual performance; * Driver age, gender and experience; * Effects of fatigue; * Use of mirrors; * Conspicuity; * Driver sensation and perception; * Judgments of speed and distance; * The driver’s field of view; * The visibility provided by vehicle lighting systems; * Lighting sources other than vehicle headlamps; * Evaluation of visibility in the field; * Use of night-time photography; * Roadway design and the driver; * Work zones; * Railroad grade crossings; * Auditory issues; * Driver perception-response time; * Weather and driving; * The older driver; and * Driver distraction. (Author/publisher)
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