In a laboratory setting, the author studied the losses in visibility caused by transient adaption at low luminance levels. The measured losses are related to time and distance for different vehicle speeds are appear to be more critical as speed increases.
In: Driver visual needs in night driving : proceedings of a Symposium conducted by the Transportation Research Board at the Ohio State University, Columbus, September 4-6, 1974, TRB Special Report SR 156, p. 11-22, 5 fig., 6 graph., 14 ref.
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