Optimizing the placement of guidance arrows on highway signs.
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Authors
Emerson, George Allen, Jr.
Subjects
traffic control devices
guidance signs
guidance signs
Advisors
Neil, Douglas E.
Date of Issue
1975-09
Date
September 1975
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
This paper describes a design and experimental study of the placement of guidance arrows on highway guide signs. This study was conducted under laboratory conditions. Ten subjects were shown a series of slides depicting three destinations, three directions and three sign designs under controlled instruction and exposure duration; they were required to respond to a previously determined cue as quickly and as accurately as possible. The measured variables were response time and correctness of the response. Classical statistical tests were used to conduct the analyses. The analyses were made to determine the optimum guidance sign design regarding the arrangement of arrows and destination names.
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Department
Operations Research and Systems Analysis
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.