2004 NHTSA Public Meetings | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Workshop on Headlamp Safety Metrics: Balancing Visibility and Glare


July 13, 2004 Washington, D.C. Introduction, text version Mike Perel (NHTSA) Basics and Physiology of Visibility and Glare What is glare?, John Van Derlofske (Lighting Research Center) Physiology of glare and readaptation Kent Higgins (Lighthouse Intl.) Visual Information Requirements for the Nighttime Driving Task Visual information acquisition and glare Frank Schieber (U. of S. Dakota) Visual information capabilities of older drivers Cynthia Owsley (U. of Alabama) Trends in Automotive Lighting Technologies Forward lighting trends: a lamp manufacture’s perception Jeff Erion (Visteon) Forward lighting trends: an automotive manufacturer’s perception Richard Karbowski (Ford) What is a good headlamp?Jianzhong Jiao (North American Lighting) Light source characteristics Dennis Holt (Osram Sylvania) Measuring Safety-Related Effects of Forward Lighting Implications of crash data for assessing glare Mike Flannagan (U. of Michigan) Seeing with headlamps Gene Farber (consultant)