Investigation into the effectiveness of road surface level lighting as a road risk warning tool

“英国主要依靠其道路网络来实现人口流动：2016年，英国64%的出行都是开车出行。虽然道路受伤人数一直在减少，但道路死亡人数仍停留在2010年左右。每年仍有近19万人受伤和死亡。为了确保进一步降低伤亡率，必须使道路网络尽可能安全，并提高驾驶员的技能和态度。该项目侧重于基础设施需求，通过改善道路能见度和提供负担得起的技术来改善道路网络管理，从而使道路更加安全。目前的主动交通管理系统能够减少20%的拥堵时间和35%的事故，但由于其成本高昂（每英里高达750，000英镑）很少使用：95%的英国道路根本没有监控。该项目将支持开发一种独特的技术，通过将常见的道路安全标记（路钉）转换为智能连接设备来解决这一问题，这些设备可以真实的实时监控和管理道路交通。这些由Valerann设计和开发的智能路钉在覆盖范围和可负担性方面为政策制定者和交通管理者提供了一个台阶式的转变，使他们能够监控道路系统。该项目将支持开发一种独特的技术，通过将常见的道路安全标记（路钉）转换为智能连接设备来解决这一问题，该设备可以真实的实时监控和管理道路交通。这些由Valerann设计和开发的智能路钉，使政策制定者和交通管理者在覆盖范围和可负担性方面监测道路系统的能力发生了重大变化。具体而言，该项目将调查道路螺柱照明可以通过使用驾驶模拟来警告驾驶员道路风险的影响。"

"The UK primarily relies on its road network for population mobility: 64% of all trips made in the UK in 2016 were by car. While road injuries have been decreasing, road fatalities have stagnated around the 2010 level. There are still almost 190,000 injuries and fatalities per year. To ensure further falling casualty rates, it is imperative to both make the road network as safe as possible and to improve driver skills and attitudes. This project focuses on the infrastructural needs to make roads safer through improving both visibility on the road and offering an affordable technology for better road network management.Current active traffic management systems are able to reduce congestion hours by 20% and accidents by 35%, yet due to their high cost (up to £750,000 per miles) they are rarely used: 95% of UK roads are not monitored at all. This project will support the development of a unique technology that resolves this problem by transforming common road safety markings (road studs) into smart connected devices, which monitor and manage road traffic in real time. These smart studs, designed and developed by Valerann, offer a step change in the ability of policymakers and traffic managers to monitor road systems in terms of both coverage and affordability.This project will support the development of a unique technology that solves this problem by transforming common road safety markings (road studs) into smart connected devices, which monitor and manage road traffic in real time. These smart studs, designed and developed by Valerann, offer a step change in the ability of policymakers and traffic managers to monitor road systems in terms of both coverage and affordability. Specifically, this project will investigate the impact road stud lighting can have on warning drivers about road risks through the use of driving simulation."