disability glare

Disability glare that physically degrades vision: scattered light forming a veiling luminance that reduces retinal contrast and measurably impairs detection, acuity, and seeing distance regardless of whether the driver feels bothered. Defined by measured loss of visual performance (contrast thresholds, target detection), distinct from glare that is merely annoying without reducing acuity (discomfort_glare).

Relevant standards

  • ADR 13/00 — Australian Design Rule 13/00 – Installation of Lighting and Light Signalling Devices on other than L-Group Vehicles
  • ADR 19/02 — Australian Design Rule 19/02 – Installation of Lighting and Light Signalling Devices on L-Group Vehicles
  • ADR 46/00 — Australian Design Rule 46/00 – Headlamps
  • ADR 76/00 — Australian Design Rule 76/00 – Daytime Running Lamps
  • CIE 100-1992 — Fundamentals of the Visual Task of Night Driving
  • CIE 146:2002 — CIE equations for disability glare
  • CIE 183:2008 — Definition of the Cut-off of Vehicle Headlights
  • CIE 188:2010 — Performance assessment method for vehicle headlighting systems
  • CMVSS 108 — Lighting Systems and Reflective Devices
  • IIHS Headlight Test and Rating Protocol — Headlight Test and Rating Protocol (Version III)

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Instruments & Measures 85 of 228 declare it
Automation level 17 of 228 declare it
Dataset 65 of 228 declare it

228 paper(s) · ranked by relevance to this topic

  1. SOME OBSERVATIONS ON DISABILITY GLARE · 1977 · Cole, B L · indexed
  2. The Relation between and Driving Behavior Discomfort Glare · 1996 · Theeuwes, Jan et al. · archived
  3. Mesopic and glare driving performance in a driving simulator · 2025 · Kerwin, Thomas et al. · indexed
  4. Evaluation of Glare Reduction Techniques · 1975 · Raine, W. L. et al. · archived
  5. Discomfort and Disability Glare from Halogen and HID Headlamp Systems · 2002 · Bullough, John D. et al. · indexed
  6. Assessment of discomfort glare in motor vehicle lighting · 1974 · Schmidt-Clausen, H.-J. et al. · indexed
  7. Quantifying the Night Driver's Visual Environment · 1980 · Olsen, R. A. · archived
  8. Prevalence of impairment of visual function in European drivers · 2009 · van Rijn, Laurentius J. et al. · indexed
  9. Discomfort Glare from Automobile Headlights · 1984 · Olson, Paul L. et al. · indexed
  10. Visual Impairment and Disability in Older Adults · 1994 · Rubin, Gary S. et al. · indexed
  11. DISCOMFORT GLARE FROM D1 HEADLAMPS OF DIFFERENT SIZE · 1991 · Alferdinck, Jwam et al. · indexed
  12. Measuring the Quality of Drivers’ Night Vision · 1981 · Sturgis, Samuel P. et al. · indexed
  13. Effect of Visual Impairment on Driving · 1994 · Wood, Joanne M. et al. · indexed
  14. HEADLIGHT FACTORS AND NIGHTTIME VISION · 1976 · Graf, Carl et al. · indexed
  15. Driver Vision: Bibliography · 1963 · NHTSA · archived
  16. Age Differences in Visual Abilities in Nighttime Driving Field Conditions · 1996 · Chrysler, Susan T. et al. · indexed
  17. Driving performance of drivers with impaired central visual field acuity · 2002 · Lamble, Dave et al. · indexed
  18. Adaptive Driving Beam - Visibility Improvement versus Glare · 2014 · Neumann, Rainer · indexed
  19. Effects of visual field impairment on driving · 2015 · Andersson, Jan et al. · indexed
  20. The Relationship between Driver Vision and Accident Involvement · 1977 · Shinar, David · indexed
  21. Driving with Visual Field Loss: An Exploratory Simulation Study · 2009 · Lockhart, Julie et al. · archived
  22. Foggy perception slows us down · 2012 · Pretto, Paolo et al. · indexed
  23. Predicting Components of Closed Road Driving Performance From Vision Tests · 2005 · Higgins, Kent E. et al. · indexed
  24. Measures of Visual Function and Time to Driving Cessation in Older Adults · 2005 · Freeman, Ellen E. et al. · indexed
  25. Reaction times as an index of visual conspicuity when driving at night · 2002 · Plainis, Sotiris et al. · indexed
  26. Roles of motion perception and visual acuity for driving hazard perception · 2018 · Moharrer, Mojtaba et al. · indexed
  27. Drivers' judgments of the effect of headlight glare on their ability to see pedestrians at night · 2015 · Borzendowski, Stephanie A. Whetsel et al. · indexed
  28. The Effect of Visual Field Defects on Driving Performance · 2002 · Coeckelbergh, Tanja R. M. · indexed
  29. The Effect of Simulated Cataracts on Drivers’ Hazard Perception Ability · 2008 · Marrington, Shelby A. et al. · indexed
  30. STUDY OF TARGET VISIBILITY ON THE ROAD WITH DRIVING AS WORKLOAD · 2019 · CAO, DEWEI et al. · indexed
  31. More Light on the Headlighting Problem · 1965 · Roper, Val J et al. · indexed
  32. Blur, eye movements and performance on a driving visual recognition slide test · 2015 · Lee, Samantha Sze‐Yee et al. · indexed
  33. INTERACTION BETWEEN FIXED AND VEHICULAR ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS · 1972 · Gallagher, V P et al. · indexed
  34. Implications of Vision Testing for Older Driver Licensing · 2008 · Langford, Jim et al. · indexed
  35. Effectiveness of Road Lighting on Driver' Vision · 2012 · Jeong, Jun-Hwa et al. · indexed
  36. Driver Fitness in Patients with Cognitive Impairment and Glaucoma · 2011 · Rosen, Peter et al. · indexed
  37. A Safety Evaluation of UVA Vehicle Headlights · 1998 · Nitzburg, Marsha et al. · archived
  38. Hybrid dimension reduction and logit models for glare-induced crash severity · 2026 · Tusti, Anannya Ghosh et al. · archived
  39. Light Isn’t Just for Vision Anymore: Implications for Transportation Safety · 2007 · Figueiro, Mariana G. et al. · archived
  40. Effect of Prior Headlighting Experience on Ratings of Discomfort Glare · 1989 · Sivak, Michael et al. · indexed
  41. Are our legal visual requirements for driving adequate? · 2021 · Al Busaidi, Aisha · indexed
  42. Limitation of driver's compensation under visual field contraction · 2015 · Lee, Jieun et al. · indexed
  43. Hazard Perception in Older Drivers With Eye Disease · 2021 · Wood, Joanne M. et al. · indexed
  44. Public Roads: A Journal of Highway Research, Vol. 33, No. 11 · 1965 · Michaels, Richard M. et al. · archived
  45. Driving Simulation as a Performance-based Test of Visual Impairment in Glaucoma · 2012 · Medeiros, Felipe A. et al. · indexed
  46. Glaucoma and Driving Risk under Simulated Fog Conditions · 2016 · Diniz-Filho, Alberto et al. · indexed
  47. THE INFLUENCE BY SIZE OF HEADLAMP ON DISCOMFORT GLARE · 2001 · Manz, Karl · indexed
  48. Effects of Age and Illumination on Night Driving: A Road Test · 2007 · Owens, D. Alfred et al. · indexed
  49. Visual Field Defects May Not Affect Safe Driving · 2016 · Dow, Jamie · indexed
  50. Evaluation of High-Intensity Discharge Automotive Forward Lighting · 2001 · Van Derlofske, John et al. · indexed
  51. Glaucoma and Driving: On-Road Driving Characteristics · 2016 · Wood, Joanne M. et al. · indexed
  52. Impact of cataract surgery on self-reported visual difficulties · 2003 · McGwin, Gerald et al. · indexed
  53. Assessing Driving Performance with Moderate Visual Field Loss · 2005 · Bowers, Alex et al. · indexed
  54. Driving with Para-Central Visual Field Loss: Pilot Study · 2011 · Bronstad, Matt et al. · indexed
  55. Legal Blindness Can Be Compatible with Safe Driving · 1989 · Fonda, Gerald · indexed
  56. Evaluating Online Measures of Contrast Sensitivity and Visual Acuity · 2024 · Sheppard, William Edward Anthony et al. · indexed
  57. Development of a headlight glare simulator for a driving simulator · 2013 · Hwang, Alex D. et al. · indexed
  58. SOME RESULTS OF COOPERATIVE VEHICLE LIGHTING RESEARCH · 1960 · Kilgour, Thomas R · indexed
  59. Effect of Aftermarket Automobile Window Tinting Films on Driver Vision · 2000 · LaMotte, James et al. · indexed
  60. THE EFFECT OF WIDE-ANGLE HEADLIGHT ILLUMINATION ON DRIVER PERFORMANCE · 1979 · Merritt, John O. et al. · indexed
  61. A virtual reality evacuation experiment on driving behavior in reduced visibility · 2026 · Berthiaume, Maxine et al. · indexed
  62. The impact of blurred vision on cognitive assessment · 2006 · Bertone, Armando et al. · indexed
  63. Driving ability after pupillary dilatation · 2003 · Goel, S et al. · indexed
  64. Driving with Glaucoma · 2015 · Kübler, Thomas C. et al. · indexed
  65. Discomfort Glare Ratings of Swiveling HID Headlamps · 2004 · McLaughlin, Shane et al. · indexed
  66. Driving slow motorised vehicles with visual impairment—A simulator study · 2018 · Cordes, Christina et al. · indexed
  67. Driving Performance with Monocular Vision in a High-Fidelity Simulator · 2026 · Campos, Jennifer et al. · indexed
  68. PERCEPTUAL AND FIELD FACTORS CAUSING LATERAL DISPLACEMENT · 1963 · Michaels, Richard M et al. · indexed
  69. Seeing into Old Age: Vision Function Beyond Acuity · 1999 · Hægerström-Portnoy, Gunilla et al. · indexed
  70. Effect of Driver's Age on Nighttime Legibility of Highway Signs · 1981 · Sivak, Michael et al. · indexed
  71. Effects of Reduced Transmittance Film on Automobile Rear Window Visibility · 1993 · Freedman, Mark S. et al. · indexed
  72. Closed Road Driving Performance: Effect of Degradation of Visual Acuity · 1996 · Higgins, Kent E. et al. · indexed
  73. Driving in Snow: Effect of Headlamp Color at Mesopic and Photopic Light Levels · 2001 · Bullough, John D. et al. · indexed
  74. Driver Performance and Workload Using a Night Vision System · 2007 · Sullivan, John M et al. · indexed
  75. Vision and Driving: A Report on Research · 1971 · Burg, Albert · indexed
  76. Visual Function and Driving Safety · 1992 · Keltner, John L. · indexed
  77. Road Marking Contrast Threshold Revisited · 2021 · Spieringhs, Rik Marco et al. · indexed
  78. Driving Hazard Detection with a Bioptic Telescope · 2013 · Doherty, Amy et al. · indexed
  79. VEHICLE FOG LIGHTING: AN ANALYTICAL EVALUATION · 1978 · Koth, B W et al. · indexed
  80. Drivers with visual field defects; diagnosis, health and experiences · 2015 · Peters, Björn et al. · indexed
  81. The Role of Retinal Adaptation in Night Driving · 2005 · Plainis, Sotiris et al. · indexed
  82. Symbol Signing Design for Older Drivers · 1997 · Dewar, Robert et al. · archived
  83. Safety-Aware Route Navigation: Driving with Less Sun Glare · 2024 · Das, Avik et al. · indexed
  84. Laser pointer hazards for pilots and drivers of public transportations · 2013 · Dickmann, Klaus et al. · indexed
  85. Driving accommodation using simulated higher-order aberrations · 2018 · Cholewiak, Steven et al. · indexed
  86. Blue Light Stimulates Cognitive Brain Activity in Visually Blind Individuals · 2013 · Vandewalle, Gilles et al. · indexed
  87. Eye Conditions in Older Adults: Cataracts. · 2016 · Iroku-Malize, Tochi et al. · indexed
  88. Deprivation and late presentation of glaucoma: case-control study · 2001 · Fraser, Scott et al. · indexed
  89. Saccadic reaction time and ocular findings in phenylketonuria · 2020 · Hopf, Susanne et al. · indexed