%0 Journal Article %J Perception %D 2020 %T Pedestrians Accept Shorter Distances to Light Vehicles Than Dark Ones When Crossing the Street %A Feldstein, Ilja T %A Peli, Eli %X Does the brightness of an approaching vehicle affect a pedestrian's crossing decision? Thirty participants indicated their street-crossing intentions when facing approaching light or dark vehicles. The experiment was conducted in a real daylight environment and, additionally, in a corresponding virtual one. A real road with actual cars provides high face validity, while a virtual environment ensures the scenario's precise reproducibility and repeatability for each participant. In both settings, participants judged dark vehicles to be a more imminent threat-either closer or moving faster-when compared with light ones. Secondary results showed that participants accepted a significantly shorter time-to-contact when crossing the street in the virtual setting than on the real road. %B Perception %V 49 %P 558-566 %8 2020 May %G eng %N 5 %1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32237967?dopt=Abstract %R 10.1177/0301006620914789