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%的出行是开车。虽然道路伤害一直在减少，但道路死亡人数却停滞在2010年的水平附近。每年仍有近19万人受伤和死亡。为了确保伤亡率进一步下降，必须使道路网络尽可能安全，并提高司机的技能和态度。该项目侧重于基础设施需求，通过提高道路能见度和提供可负担得起的技术来更好地管理道路网络，使道路更安全。目前的主动交通管理系统能够将拥堵时间减少20%，事故减少35%，但由于成本高昂（每英里高达75万英镑），它们很少被使用：95%的英国道路根本没有受到监控。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志（道路钉）转化为智能连接设备，实时监控和管理道路交通，从而解决这一问题。这些由Valerann设计和开发的智能螺栓，为政策制定者和交通管理者在覆盖范围和可负担性方面监控道路系统的能力提供了一个台阶。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志（道路钉）转化为智能连接设备，实时监控和管理道路交通，从而解决这一问题。这些由Valerann设计和开发的智能螺栓，为政策制定者和交通管理者在覆盖范围和可负担性方面监控道路系统的能力提供了一个台阶。具体来说，该项目将通过使用驾驶模拟来研究道路灯柱对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."