ARGUMENTS IN THE DISCUSSION ON THE DESIRED LEVEL OF PUBLIC LIGHTING FOR ROADS OUTSIDE BUILT-UP AREAS

ARGUMENTEN IN DE DISKUSSLE OVER HET WENSELIJK NIVO VAN OPENBARE VERLICHTING VOOR WEGEN BUITEN DE BEGOUWDE KOM

The national and international recommendations for public lighting are based on four premises: that traffic safety must be increased, that driving comfort must be improved, that traffic flow must be improved, and that driving with dipped headlights or headlights should not be necessary. Naturally the cost aspects are a limiting condition. How far the arguments for some solutions and levels of lighting meet these criteria and how far they are valid is reviewed. It is concluded that there are no arguments used in the literature which are so compelling that from from this alone can a decision be made in favour of one desired level of lighting. Therefore socio-economical arguments must also be used. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Instituut voor Zintuigfysiologie, TNO

  Kampweg 5
  Soesterberg,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Vos, J J
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 19 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: IZF

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Comfort; Driving; Headlamps; Low beamed headlamps; Rural areas; Safety; Socioeconomic factors; Specifications; Street lighting; Traffic; Traffic flow; Traffic safety; Ultimate load design
• Old TRIS Terms: Low beamed headlights
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149690
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 1977 12:00AM