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Coordinating, Developing, and Delivering Highway Transportation Innovations

Report
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Publication Number: FHWA-RD-99-079

A Safety Evaluation of UVA Vehicle Headlights

List of Figures

Figure 1 Test track layout
Figure 2 UVA headlight configuration on the Taurus test vehicle
Figure 3 UVA headlight configuration on the Volvo test vehicle
Figure 4 Windshield shutter installed on the Taurus test vehicle
Figure 5 Stimulus configurations: static pedestrian visibility studies and disabled vehicle visibility study
Figure 6 Roadway delineation — detection distances
Figure 7 Roadway delineation — recognition distances
Figure 8 Roadway scenes — detection distances
Figure 9 Roadway scenes — recognition distances
Figure 10 Disabled vehicle scene shown with standard U.S. low beams and standard U.S. low beams with UVA
Figure 11 Pedestrian scenes — detection distances
Figure 12 Pedestrian scenes — recognition distances
Figure 13 Pedestrian crosswalk scene shown with standard U.S. low beams and standard U.S. low beams with UVA

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