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Seeing With HeadlightsHeadlamp aim Correct Headlamp height Two feet above ground Headlamps Taurus...
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Seeing With HeadlightsGene Farber, Consultant
NHTSA Workshop on Headlamp Safety Metrics
Washington, DC July 13, 2004,
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“You can’t see worth a damn atnight” (Paul Olson)
• Day/night illumination ratio: 105
• Pedestrian visibility distancenight: 150 - 250 feet day: 1000’s of feet
• Distance required to respond and stop from 55 mph: 265 feet
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Night drivers have little time to respond to obstacles• Best data on PRT gives means of 1.1 to
1.5 seconds• 85th percentile values of 1.3 to 1.8
seconds.• Glance durations can range from 0.5 to
1.5 seconds (IP tasks, mirror looks, looks to the side, etc.)
• Effective response latency of 2.5 or more sec
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Over-driving Headlights
• Headlamps provide enough light for primary driving task of lane-keeping
• Low visibility obstacles are extremely rare and thus not expected
• Driver’s (and pedestrians) over-estimate visibility
• Result: we over-drive headlights WRTobstacles but not lane-keeping.
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PCDETECT
• Headlamp seeing distance program developed at Ford
• Based on Blackwell data and formulations• Estimates seeing distance as influenced
by human, environmental and lighting parameters
• Validated in early 70’s in field studies
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Pedestrian, 5.8-feet tallTarget type, size
“Normal”Alertness
35, 50th PercentileDriver age & contrast sensitivity
NoneGlare from opposing cars
CorrectHeadlamp aim
Two feet above groundHeadlamp height
Taurus low beamsHeadlamps
Base Conditions
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780%Windshield transmittance
Straight and levelGeometry
Two 12-foot lanesRoad type
0.001 FLAmbient illumination
6%Pavement reflectance
8%Target reflectance
2 feet right of right lane edge
Target location
Base Conditions
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Distance from Target =>
Luminance required for detection
Luminance
Luminance of target
Threshold detection point
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Headlamp Intensity Seeing Distance (feet) Headlamp Intensity
(%)
50 100 150 200
0.2
0.5
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.5
2.0
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Target Location Seeing Distance (feet)
Target Location
0 50 100 150
Right Edgeline+ 6 feet
Right Edgeline+ 2 feet
Right
Edgeline
Center of Right Lane
On Road
Centerline
Center of Left Lane
Left Edge of Left Lane
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Target Size Seeing Distance (feet) Target SizePedestrian
Height (feet)
100 125 150 175
5.8
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.5
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Driver Age Seeing Distance (feet)
Driver Age
( ears)
50 100 150 200
20
30
35
40
50
60
70
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Contrast Sensitivity Seeing Distance (feet) Contrast
Sensitivity (Percentile
)
50 100 150 200
5th
15th
50th
85th
95th
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Target Reflectance Seeing Distance (feet)
% 0 100 200 300
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
9.0
10.0
12.0
15.0
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Headlamp Misaim Seeing Distance (feet)
Vertical Misaim
(Degrees)
50 100 150 200
+1.0
+0.5
0.0
-0.5
-1.0
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Glare Seeing Distance (feet)
Glare Car Distance
(feet)
140 160 180
No Glare
1000 feet
500 feet
300 feet
200 feet
100 feet
50 feet
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Opposing Glare at 300 Feet Seeing Distance (feet)
Lamp Condition
50 150 200 250
Low Beam No Glare
Low Beam Glare
High Beam No Glare
High Beam Glare
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Opposing Glare Road Width Effects
Seeing Distance (feet) Lamp
Condition 100 150 200 250
Low Beam 2-lane Road
Low Beams 4-lane Road
High Beam 2-lane Road
High Beam 4-lane Road
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Effect of Glare Source Distance
0
50
100
150
200
250
0 400 800 1200 1600
Glare Source Distance (ft)
Seei
ng D
ista
nce
(ft)
Lo/LoHi/Hi
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Closing thoughts• High beams are better than low beams for
pedestrian detection (but not all that much better).
• High beam glare is much worse than low beam glare.
• Even with high beams, drivers have little time to respond to pedestrians.
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Closing thoughts• Need a systems approach for evaluation• Need to consider behavioral factors.• Need to consider driver comfort:
Pedestrian at risk extremely rare eventAlways-on high beams a constantirritation
• Alternatives:Better signaling and markingSmarter headlights