'TURN ON HEADLIGHTS' SAVES MANY LIVES

A REPORT IS MADE ON THE REQUIRED USE OF OF HEADLIGHTS DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON A 25 MILE LENGTH OF THREE TWO-LANE, TWO-WAY ROADS. COMPARISONS WERE MADE OF THE ACCIDENT RECORDS BEFORE AND AFTER INSTALLATION OF THE SIGNS FOR THE TEST SECTIONS. THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS WERE MADE REGARDING THE HEADLIGHT TEST SECTIONS: (1) THEY DO NOT APPEAR TO REDUCE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS, BUT THEY DO REDUCE SEVERITY; (2) THEY APPEAR TO BE VALUABLE WHEN USED ON TWO-LANE SECTIONS LOCATED BETWEEN FOUR LANE FREEWAY SECTIONS; (3) THE COST OF IMPLEMENTATION IS RELATIVELY LOW; (4) TEST SECTIONS ARE WELL RECEIVED BY THE PUBLIC. /SRIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 4, P 6, 1 FIG
• Corporate Authors:

  N/A

  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Estep, A C
• Publication Date: 1970-2

Media Info

• Serial:
  • State Public Works Bulletin
  • Publisher: N/A

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Crash rates; Crash severity; Daylight; Headlamps; Highway safety; Public opinion; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221040
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 2003 12:00AM