Lighting for Driving: Roads, Vehicles, Signs, and Signals, Second Edition
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Lighting for Driving: Roads, Vehicles, Signs, and Signals, Second Edition

Roads, Vehicles, Signs, and Signals

  1. 484 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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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

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Chapter 1 Driving and Crashes
  10. Chapter 2 Light
  11. Chapter 3 Sight Plus
  12. Chapter 4 Road Lighting
  13. Chapter 5 Markings, Signs, and Traffic Signals
  14. Chapter 6 Vehicle Forward Lighting
  15. Chapter 7 Vehicle Signal Lighting
  16. Chapter 8 Vehicle Interior Lighting
  17. Chapter 9 The Interaction between Road and Vehicle Forward Lighting
  18. Chapter 10 Different Vehicle Types
  19. Chapter 11 Special Locations
  20. Chapter 12 Adverse Weather
  21. Chapter 13 Human Factors
  22. Chapter 14 Constraints
  23. Chapter 15 Envisioning the Future
  24. List of references
  25. Translation
  26. Index