Considering Conspicuity for North Carolina Department of Transportation Light Trucks Final Report

Details

• Creators:
  Sylcott, Brian
• Corporate Creators:
  East Carolina University. Dept. of Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  North Carolina Department of Transportation. Research and Development Unit ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Color
  • Driving simulators
  • Light trucks
  • Traffic incidents
  • Vehicle design
  • Visibility
  • Crashes
• Publication/ Report Number:
  2020-33
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  North Carolina ; United States
• Edition:
  Final Report August 1, 2019 – July 31, 2022
• Corporate Publisher:
  North Carolina Department of Transportation. Research and Development Unit
• Abstract:
  A 2014 change in vehicle appearance guidelines forwent custom bright yellow paint job in favor of the factory standard white color for NCDOT light duty trucks. This change raised some concerns about vehicle conspicuity, or the vehicle’s ability to draw attention to itself. The addition of high visibility markings was offered as a possible solution. This work used an eye-tracking system to test a variety of color options for the markings in a simulated driving environment. Results showed that, in general, there were not statistically significant differences in the time to first fixation, fixation count, and average fixation duration between the different color combinations. The results suggest that none of the tested color combinations would perform significantly better than one another at improving conspicuity.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  FHWA/NC/2017-45
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/72283/dot_72283_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.49 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c7e995617837d6cc75f8639bd709fbfdf8ff3dcdd12e153d2e96f94a87b965a1