New ideas on how drivers perceive speed emerge from the fog.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 23110255.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.00281 and PMC identifier 3482687.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Experiments with a driving simulator contradict previous results by showing that car drivers slow down in fog. However, other forms of reduced visibility can cause drivers to speed up.
Medical subject headings
- Accidents, Traffic
- Automobile Driving
- Motion Perception
- Space Perception
- Visual Perception