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Nighttime Visibility, Component of Road Safety
CONAT10/CONAT20107019-Paper

Authors

Alexandru Plaiasu - SC Autostart SA Braşov
Gheorghe Ciolan - Transilvania University of Brasov
Ion Preda - Transilvania University of Brasov

Abstract

An important component in present accident technology is the night car accident. Although the night traffic is reduced nocturnal accidents have very serious consequences. The paper presents the visibility conditions that lead to an accident at night, taking into account the darkness, street lighting and traffic light action. The analyzed situation in the paper shows the influence of a vehicle coming from opposite direction, through the background pedestrian contrast reducing due to background increasing.

Keywords: Road safety, Visibility, Luminance, Illumination, Accidents

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