Aiming at the traffic safety problem of exit and interchange section of continuous long downhill tunnel, from the viewpoint of driver"s visual characteristics, this paper clarifies the setting parameters of minimum distance between exit and interchange when traffic signs are inside and outside the tunnel by analyzing the process of driver"s obtaining sign information and carrying out operation at the exit and interchange section of the tunnel. Through field test, the change rule of driver"s pupil diameter at the exit of extra-long tunnel and the fluctuation range of pupil diameter change ratio are studied, and the average of driver"s apparent adaptation time at the exit of tunnel is calculated to be 1.782s. It is suggested that the minimum distance between tunnel exit and interchange section should be the minimum distance when traffic signs are located inside and outside the tunnel. 400 m and 500 m, respectively.