Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists)
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Ophthalmic Physiol Opt · Mar 2017
Night-time pedestrian conspicuity: effects of clothing on drivers' eye movements.
Drivers' responses and eye movements were assessed as they approached pedestrians at night in order to explore the relative conspicuity benefits of different configurations of retroreflective markings. ⋯ Adding biomotion reflectors to the vest facilitated earlier recognition of pedestrians and faster identification of the direction that the pedestrian faced. These findings confirm that the conspicuity advantages of biomotion configurations on pedestrians at night result in part from drivers fixating pedestrians earlier and more efficiently.