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Vision Impairment by Worn Windshields During Night-Time Driving
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The paper examines the role that the condition of the windshield plays in night-time accidents. It draws attention to the fact that windshields are subject to wear during the life of the car. An instrument is presented, the stray light analyzer, which measures the stray light caused by these defects. Field test show that badly worn windshields reduce the distance at which objects on the road can be seen by the driver. A procedure to collect data on night-time accidents is proposed that may allow an estimate of the percentage of night-time accidents that could be avoided by keeping windshields clean and the benefits in terms of saved lives that can be gained by replacing windshields when they reach a certain amount of wear.
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Haase, O., Helmers, G., Schneider, W., and Timmermann, A., "Vision Impairment by Worn Windshields During Night-Time Driving," SAE Technical Paper 890686, 1989, https://doi.org/10.4271/890686.Also In
References
- Alwin Timmermann and Gudrun Gehring SAE Technical paper 861361 Passenger Car Meeting Dearborn, Michigan September 22-25 1986
- Chmielarz M. Groetzner Ch. Haase O. Vision-impairing wear of windshields 11th International Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles Washington, D.C. May 18-21 1987
- Helmers Gabriel A.S.S.-Symposium Koeln May 18 and 19 1987 “Die Orientierung im Strassenverkehr bei Nachtfahrten” Verlag TUV Rheinland Koeln, WG
- Helmers Gabriel Lundquist Sven-Olof 1988 Detection distances to obstacles on the road seen through windscreens in different states of wear Swedish Road and Traffic Research Institute Linkoeping, Sweden