
Lighting for Driving: Roads, Vehicles, Signs, and Signals, Second Edition
Roads, Vehicles, Signs, and Signals
- 484 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Lighting for Driving: Roads, Vehicles, Signs, and Signals, Second Edition
Roads, Vehicles, Signs, and Signals
About this book
Vehicle, road, sign, and signal lighting are provided to enable drivers to reach their destinations quickly and safely. However, the attention given to how these forms of lighting function is likely to change as new technology is introduced and understanding of ergonomics and human factors improves. Lighting for Driving: Roads, Vehicle, Signs and Signals, Second Edition shows the crucial role lighting plays in road safety and examines how it could be used more effectively. With light-emitting diodes (LEDs) becoming the lighting source of choice for transport planners and vehicle designers, this book integrates information on road lighting, vehicle lighting, signs, and signals in one handy volume.
International in scope and updated for this new edition, this book features lighting examples from the USA, the UK, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Lighting in common vehicle types including cars, vans, trucks, and motorcycles is covered as well as the visibility of pedestrians and cyclists to drivers. Coverage extends to road lighting, traffic markings, vehicle designs, and internal lighting and weather conditions. Now fully updated, a final chapter looks at the future of lighting in relation to driving. The book will help the reader to understand how lighting systems on roads and vehicles work by explaining the thinking and scientific reasoning behind various forms of lighting and analyzing their contribution to the driver's understanding of real and potential road hazards.
This book will be an ideal read for ergonomists and engineers engaged in transport and road engineering, transport planners, civil engineers, vehicle designers, and electrical engineers.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Driving and Crashes
- Chapter 2 Light
- Chapter 3 Sight Plus
- Chapter 4 Road Lighting
- Chapter 5 Markings, Signs, and Traffic Signals
- Chapter 6 Vehicle Forward Lighting
- Chapter 7 Vehicle Signal Lighting
- Chapter 8 Vehicle Interior Lighting
- Chapter 9 The Interaction between Road and Vehicle Forward Lighting
- Chapter 10 Different Vehicle Types
- Chapter 11 Special Locations
- Chapter 12 Adverse Weather
- Chapter 13 Human Factors
- Chapter 14 Constraints
- Chapter 15 Envisioning the Future
- List of references
- Translation
- Index