Proposal of the semi-trailer additional lighting reducing road traffic risk

• Autorzy: Koszałka G. , Olejnik K.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The interviews conducted with the drivers and analysis of possible sources of collisions and accidents show that at night, on unlit areas, truck drivers towing trailers or semitrailers have insufficient observation area around the vehicle. This insufficient amount of information reaching the driver is the cause of many accidents and collisions. The article describes the risks associated with the lack of visibility of the area around the semitrailer and presents solutions allowing to reduce the identified risks. The solution is to use additional contour lights, and lights illuminating the road in the area, which is run over by the semi-trailer wheels. Based on the simulation studies and laboratory studies of light distribution, the appropriate lamps have been selected and installed on the trailer. Then the field tests were carried out on the real object, which confirmed the usefulness of the proposed lamps and showed that it is possible to support the vehicle driver in obtaining information from areas previously invisible.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

road traffic participants safety; lighting; exceptional transport; intermediate vision

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Morskiej w Szczecinie
• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe / Akademia Morska w Szczecinie
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: nr 31 (103)
• Strony: 122--127
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 10 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Koszałka G.

autor

Olejnik K.

• Lublin University of Technology, Institute of Transport, Combustion Engines and Ecology 20-618 Lublin, ul. Nadbystrzycka 36,

Bibliografia

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