TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1985//
TI  - Highway sign meaning as an indicator of perceptual response
JO  - Transportation research record
A1  - Brewer, Kenneth A.
A1  - Thieman, Alice A.
A1  - Woodman, William F.
A1  - Avant, Lloyd L.
SP  - 35
EP  - 42
VL  - 1027
IS  - 
N2  - Semantic differential scaling has been used as a method of evaluating and assessing driver understanding and comprehension of traffic signs in the past. Litigation and other operational pressures on traffic engineering agencies have created an interest in finding a laboratory method for quick and easy estimation of driver performance in processing communication via signs. This paper contains data on research attempts to correlate the meanings assigned to road signs through semantic differential scales. These scales are correlated with drivers' abilities to detect, recognize, and react to road signs. Significant correlations were most often found between meanings attributed to signs in semantic differential scales and the performance of drivers in recognizing signs. No semantic differential scales were found for any sign tested for which a significant correlation existed in detection, in recognition, and in decision-reaction tests. It was concluded that semantic differential scaling has little or no relationship to perceptual response to highway signs by drivers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0361-1981
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -