Citation

Cameron DL. Percept. Mot. Skills 1995; 80(3): 755-769.

Affiliation

Department of Physical Sciences, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7567393

Abstract

30 male and 13 female licensed drivers were given a static reaction-time test for Donders Type B reactions to the onset of automotive rear lights. The lights were displayed as by conventional systems and by a new color-specific method referred to as the "Red Light Means Stop approach." When subjects were instructed to regard all red colored light as brake-signal light, both incidence of identification error and reaction time decreased. Results support the hypothesis that addition of color specificity to rear lighting might prevent some rear-end collisions which occur under adverse driving circumstances.

Language: en