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Title	EFFECT OF REDUCED TRANSMITTANCE WINDOW TINTING ON DRIVERS' ABILITY TO DETECT TARGETS IN THEIR REAR-VIEW MIRRORS
Accession No	00729900
Authors	Proffitt, D R; Bertamini, M; Bhalla, M; JOSEPH, J
Corp. Authors / Publisher	Virginia Transportation Research Council ; Virginia Department of Transportation
Publication Date	19960200
Description	26 p.; Appendices(2); Figures(5); References; Tables(1)
Languages	English
Abstract	This study addresses the degree to which window tint films impede drivers' ability to detect targets in their vehicle's rear-view mirrors. Twenty-four subjects participated. Each sat on the driver's seat of one of four experimental vehicles and attempted to detect a stationary pedestrian in one of the three rear-view mirrors. Errors in detecting targets and the distances at which detection occurred were recorded. One experimental vehicle had no aftermarket tinting, and three were tinted to varying degrees. In general, this study found that increased levels of window-tinting were associated with an increase in the number of failures to detect a pedestrian in rear-view mirrors and with a decrease in the distance needed to detect this target. In addition, increased levels of window tinting were associated with an increase in between-subject variability, meaning that window tinting interfered with target detection more for some subjects than for others.
Supplemental Information	See also PB95-189544.
TRT Terms	Drivers ; Rearview mirrors ; Tracking systems ; Vision ; Window glass
Other Terms	Driver vision; Rear visibility; Target detection; Transmittance; Window tinting
Subject Areas	H53 VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS; I91 Vehicle Design and Safety
Report Number	VTRC-96-R14,; Final Report
Availability	National Technical Information Service Order Number: PB96-146063
TRIS Files	HRIS
Database	TRIS Online

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