Traveling by road is as pleasant an experience as any, if you taking the right road, that is. It is both fun & educative & one can really get to know a lot about the country side as we take a trip down the road. But long trips at night are also generally the ones in which the most fatal accidents occur. This could be both because of the condition of the drivers at night & also the condition of the roads at that point of time.
While the surface of the road that one travels through might not alter with the setting of the sun, the lighting that surrounds it surely does. Visibility invariably decreases with the setting of the sun & a curve that might appear very simple to handle in the bright day light, might just spell the doom if taken on at full throttle at night. While the light reflective cats eyes are still very effective & have done an incredibly good job of reducing the accidents at might time, when compared to the decade before the 90’s. But here is a new technology that might enhance viewing at night time much further.
The Astucia SolarLite studs are visually very similar to those lights on the airplane runway. They are lights that charge through out the day with the power of the sun & are beautifully lit up in the night to provide greater visibility to drivers in regards to where the road is leading ahead. They have been found to be much more effective than the traditional reflective boards, by increasing the reaction time of drivers by 30secs at a speed of 60km/hr.
These lights have been experimentally introduced on the roads of UK & they have proved very effective by reducing the accidents at night by a good 70%. Considering that most accidents happen at night on those long highways, it seems essential that we do everything we can to avoid them. This is truly a simple & cost-effective way of making the roads safer. It is virtually a negligible expenditure if we consider what they can end of saving-a human life.
Via: Motor Torque
