Photo credit: Astucia
Autoblog reported Wednesday on a new invention that's improving driving safety in Great Britain.
Night-time travel is a necessary part of the busy world in which we live, but due to decreased visibility, traveling in the dark can be dangerous. The British have shed some light on night driving with the invention of the Astucia SolarLite flush road stud. The stud emits LED light, which is powered by small solar panels. The new stud tech is present on 120 British roads, and night-time accidents are down a dramatic 70% since the devices were installed. Amazingly, the SolarLite road stud gives drivers 900 meters of visibility, which increases reaction times to over 30 seconds. Reaction time with standard reflector studs is just 3.2 seconds.
This looks really great, especially for California's freeways. Anything that improves the safety of night driving can't come a minute too soon.
Night-time travel is a necessary part of the busy world in which we live, but due to decreased visibility, traveling in the dark can be dangerous. The British have shed some light on night driving with the invention of the Astucia SolarLite flush road stud. The stud emits LED light, which is powered by small solar panels. The new stud tech is present on 120 British roads, and night-time accidents are down a dramatic 70% since the devices were installed. Amazingly, the SolarLite road stud gives drivers 900 meters of visibility, which increases reaction times to over 30 seconds. Reaction time with standard reflector studs is just 3.2 seconds.
This looks really great, especially for California's freeways. Anything that improves the safety of night driving can't come a minute too soon.
5 comments:
I like this idea. I can definitely see this being implemented here in the coming decades.
On an unrelated note, I saw this and thought you'd be interested: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/01/18/the_10_regions_of_us_politics/
I think every road should have these! I drive at night and don't mind it but there are times when extra help would be very welcomed. Especially when i'm headed toward a car with the obnoxiously bright headlights. I hate those.
Yes, all very nice...
But four days without a post? Taking a break are we? Slacking a bit?
Hope you're OK.
Chris,
Four days?!? Has it been that long? I've been slacking more than I thought...
But four days without a post?
I must be having a bad influence on Skyepuppy.
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