NIGHT-TIME HIGHWAY VISIBILITY AIDS

ACCIDENT DATA INDICATES A RISING TREND IN NIGHT-TIME FATALITIES. IN ADDITION TO CORRECTING LOCATION AND DESIGN DEFECTS FOR EXISTING AND NEW HIGHWAYS, THE FOLLOWING AIDS ARE RECOMMENDED: REFLECTORIZATION, PAVEMENT AND LINE MARKINGS, BORDER MARKING AND REFLECTORIZED CURBING, AND SILHOUETTE LIGHTING.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper No 8, 5PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Research Board

  /Rural Traffic Problems
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Vey, A H
• Publication Date: 1939-1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Geometric design; Night visibility; Reflectorized materials; Road markings; Rural areas; Street lighting
• Old TRIS Terms: Reflectorization; Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221557
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 18 1972 12:00AM