Colour blindness and driving
@article{Cole2016ColourBA, title={Colour blindness and driving}, author={Barry L. Cole}, journal={Clinical and Experimental Optometry}, year={2016}, volume={99}, pages={484 - 487} }
Road traffic signals use a red, green and yellow colour code and we know that persons with abnormal colour vision can confuse these colours.Motor vehicle tail and brake lights are red, the colour that connotes danger and we know that those with a protan colour vision deficiency have a significantly lower than normal sensitivity to red light. They will have a reduced visual range for red traffic signals, tail lights and brake lights and may also fail to see lower-intensity red retro-reflectors…
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