High-mounted brake drivers : lights and the behavior of following drivers.

Author(s)
Sivak, M. Olson, P.L. & Parmer, K.M.
Year
Abstract

This daytime study evaluated in-traffic responses of unsuspecting drivers to supplemental, high-mounted brake lights using two different test vehicles (compact and full size) and two different test routes (suburban and urban). The supplemental lamps were mounted just below the rear window or at roof level. Measures were taken of brake- response and vehicle speed-change frequencies, and of the corresponding reaction times.

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Publication

Library number
B 20674 /91/
Source

Ann Arbor, MI, University of Michigan, Highway Safety Research Institute (HSRI), 1981, 33 p., fig., graph., tab., ref.; UM-HSRI-81-31 / NTIS PB82-105511

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