They are pedestrians, and especially young people between 20 and 24 years, users most at risk path, with four times higher mortality rate than motorists and almost double in comparison to cyclists. A cause for concern with the tendency to grow, thanks to the distraction from smartphones both on the side of those who are behind the wheel and on that of people walking on the street. Just to be clear, we are talking about more than 270 victims last year , on a total figure of 600 deaths among pedestrians.
THE BRITISH ZEBRE then
Here are spreading, unfortunately more in the rest of Europe and in Italy, crossing solutions that technology and signs link to make it less risky to one of the most common points of conflict between pedestrians and vehicles, pedestrian crossings, also known as zebras. Paths, since the cover of Abbey Road The Beatles (1969, in the picture above and below it the Bob Egan artist “actualizes” the cover of Abbey Road by placing the image of the Beatles in London today ) in some countries have already evolved: in Britain the zebra crossing of the seventies for decades are highlighted by street lamps in flashing yellow light and preceded by special stripes zig zag along the edge of the sidewalk.
sTRIPS SMART
come from Spain and Germany three recent examples of crossings that aim at safeguarding pedestrians with high tech solutions . In old town of Vigo a pedestrian zone area that crosses a busy road it was equipped with “Paris” by the lights to red / green LEDs that multiply the signal of the pedestrian traffic lights along the entire width of ‘access.
Cambrils, Catalonia , the system is even more advanced: when dark a series of lED areas incorporated into the approaching crosswalks people at the curb lights, highlighting the crossing and reducing the risk of investments linked to distraction.
Unlike the objective of the fielded to Augsburg, Germany . To prevent pedestrians, distracted by cell phones, can be invested by the (silent) tram in transit, has been incorporated into the asphalt on the edge of crossing the pedestrian a double row of red LEDs, blinking, visually it emphasizes the arrival of the tram .
THE SOLUTION ITALIAN
comes from Italian company specialized in road signs, the 3G Italy Santa Sabina (Perugia), the proposal for an crosswalk smart and eco-friendly , where lED lights and lights activated by the presence of people combine to create a “security corridor”, especially in the case sdi poor visibility, should minimize the risk of investment. A first prototype, built on Marsciano in the province of Perugia in recent weeks, is completing these days with positive results the testing phase.
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