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Disability glare: A study in simulated road lighting conditions

Davoudian, N; Raynham, P; Barrett, E; (2014) Disability glare: A study in simulated road lighting conditions. LIGHTING RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY , 46 (6) 695 - 705. 10.1177/1477153513510168. Green open access

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Abstract

Disability glare is associated with veiling luminance caused by light from bright sources being scattered within the eyes of observers, thereby reducing retinal luminance contrast. This study compares the reduction in observers’ performance in the presence of glare with veiling luminance in the eye, calculated using a non-subjective method. A total of 42 observers performed a target detection task in the presence of a glare source in conditions similar to street lighting at night. Luminance contrast thresholds were measured for each observer under different levels of glare. Results show that, while veiling luminance has a significant effect on the performance of observers, its effect is lower than expected from contrast loss. Furthermore, the performance of observers over the age of 50 is unaffected by increasing the glare level.

Type: Article
Title: Disability glare: A study in simulated road lighting conditions
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1177/1477153513510168
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1477153513510168
Additional information: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1430971
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