Harrell W A
University of Alberta, Centre for Experimental Sociology, Edmonton, Canada.
Percept Mot Skills. 1994 Apr;78(2):355-62. doi: 10.2466/pms.1994.78.2.355.
A field experiment was carried out in which a pedestrian attempted to evoke motorists' stopping at a marked crosswalk during the daytime. Previous research suggested that reflective clothing worn by pedestrians at night might increase the ability of motorists to see pedestrians and to take precautionary measures when driving. In the present study, the effects of a pedestrian wearing bright versus drab clothing on motorists' behavior were assessed. Motorists were more likely to stop for a brightly clothed pedestrian. In addition, the brightly clothed pedestrian did not have to wait as long before eliciting a stop. One explanation is that the bright clothing worn by the pedestrian made more salient the motorist's legal duty to stop for the pedestrian in a crosswalk. The presence of a warning sign located 48 meters before the crosswalk had no significant effect on motorists' yielding under daytime conditions.
进行了一项实地实验，在白天，一名行人试图促使驾车者在有标记的人行横道处停车。先前的研究表明，行人在夜间穿着反光衣物可能会增强驾车者在驾驶时看到行人并采取预防措施的能力。在本研究中，评估了穿着亮色与暗色衣物的行人对驾车者行为的影响。驾车者更有可能为穿着亮色衣物的行人停车。此外，穿着亮色衣物的行人在促使驾车者停车之前不必等待太长时间。一种解释是，行人穿着的亮色衣物使驾车者在人行横道为行人停车的法律义务更加突出。在人行横道前48米处设置警告标志，在白天条件下对驾车者的让行行为没有显著影响。
