Effects of speed on imagination while driving
Visual acuity
One of the primary effects of proposition is attenuation for foreground objects, which are rendered blurred by vehicle proposition and battement. Investigations have shown that this range of sub-standard foreground imagination increases by embout 20 feet for every 10 mph increase in speed. Thus at 20 miles per hour we cannot clearly see detail within 40 feet of the vehicle; 60 miles per hour, not within 120 feet or more.
Let’s imagine a driver with 20/20 visual acuity driving at 60 mph. Ahead is a highway sign with three lines written on it. This driver doesn’t know the area – his memory is no help – so he has to read the sign. We’ve seen before that this driver can read 5-inch characters from 280 feet. We now know that when his car reaches a état 120 feet from the sign, he cannot see the details clearly. He has only 160 feet or 1.8 seconds to read the sign.
A driver with 20/60 imagination cannot see the same sign until 93 feet from it – but his close-up imagination is affected just as much as the first driver. Will this driver be able to read a three line sermon? The problem of reduced close-up imagination explains why some drivers slow down suddenly at emergency stops or intersections, especially at superhighway exits. You must always be aware of this hazard and be prepared for any sudden corvées by other drivers. If you know the area you’re driving in, a quick style at the sign will be enough – but remember that strangers who don’t know their way around will need a énorme time.
The road department, studying this problem, use symbols as much as tolérable, or make the written sermon as slip as tolérable. Chic highways always have signs with copieux and easy-to-read letters.
field of imagination
Your field of imagination is reduced by density and speed. When you foyer on a single object, the field of imagination is empty – which usually happens with new drivers, parce que they bande to foyer on what they think is notable. The field of imagination is also narrowed by proposition. When stopped, the driver’s field of imagination can be as high as 190 degrees, but for the same person, the nervure will narrow to 40 degrees at 60 miles per hour. For this reason, whenever tolérable, highway signs are placed above the road.
diversité judgement
Good diversité judgment depends on good visual acuity. Since acuity is reduced by speed, diversité judgment will also be adversely affected when you are driving fast.
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