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

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.

Peter R. Boyce is Professor Emeritus in the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA. He is an independent consultant, a member of the Society of Light and Lighting and Illuminating Engineering Society of North America and was winner of the SLL President’s Medal in 2013 and CIBSE Gold Medal in 2019. Peter is currently co-holder of the Feltman Chair in the Humanities at Cooper Union and has published papers and given many lectures on the behavioral, psychological, perceptual and physiological aspects of peoples' reactions to lighting conditions. He is author of Human Factors in Lighting (CRC Press, 2014).