SODIUM LIGHTING CUTS ACCIDENTS.

A LOW PRESSURE SODIUM LIGHTING SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED ALONG A 1 1/2 MILE SECTION OF THE SPADINA EXPRESSWAY TORONTO. METRO OFFICIALS CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE SYSTEM AFTER A YEAR-LONG TEST HAVE FOUND THAT THE NIGHT ACCIDENTS HAVE DROPPED BY APPROXIMATELY 35% ON THE EXPRESSWAY SINCE THE NEW LIGHTS WERE INSTALLED. A RESEARCH STUDY WAS ALSO MADE WHICH QUIZZED 300 DRIVERS ON THEIR REACTIONS - AND FOUND THEM 4 TO 1 IN FAVOUR OF THE DISTINCTIVE YELLOW LIGHTS. /RATAOC/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 23, No 4, P 25, 1 FIG
• Publication Date: 1971-4

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Civic Administration /Canada/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Drivers; Night; Reaction time; Sodium vapor lamps; Street lighting
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction
• Old TRIS Terms: Sodium lamps
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219856
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Roads & Transportation Assoc /Canada
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 3 1972 12:00AM