HIGHWAY ANTI-GLARE SCREENS OFFER MULTIPLE BENEFITS

TESTS ARE DESCRIBED IN WHICH ANTI-GLARE STEEL MESH SCREENS HAVE BEEN USED TO REDUCE HEADLIGHT GLARE AND ALSO TRAFFIC NOISE IN PENNSYLVANIA, CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK. AT THE TEST SITE IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE 49IN HIGH, 121/2 FT LONG. STEEL SCREENS WERE ERECTED ON 217 MILES OF GALVANIZED STEEL-BOX GUARDRAIL. IT WAS FOUND THAT, (1) THE GLARE SCREEN REDUCED ACCIDENT FREQUENCY, (2) THE SCREEN DID NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT TRAFFIC FLOW, (3) NIGHT DRIVING COMFORT WAS IMPROVED, (4) HEADLIGHT GLARE WAS REDUCED, AND (5) THE SCREEN WAS FOUND TO REDUCE DAMAGE TO CARS. IT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT DRIVERS SHOWED EXTRA CARE WHEN DRIVING ON BENDS FITTED WITH ANTI-GLARE BARRIERS. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Dun Donnelley Publishing Corporation

  222 South Riverside Plaza
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 32-3
• Serial:
  • Rural and Urban Roads
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Glare; Night visibility; Noise barriers; Noise control; Prevention; Safety; Steel; Traffic safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222506
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1974 12:00AM