US EditionFront Brake Lights Could Significantly Reduce the Number of Road Accidents, Study Suggests
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Front brake lights could significantly reduce the number of road accidents, study suggests
The idea of the front brake light has been around for some time, but no vehicle manufacturer has as yet implemented it. A research team led by Ernst Tomasch from the Institute of Vehicle Safety at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) in collaboration with the Bonn Institute for Legal and Traffic Psychology (BIRVp) has now analyzed their effect on road safety in an accident reconstruction study.
Based on 200 car accidents that have occurred at Austrian road crossings in recent years, the process of which is documented in a database, researchers from Graz, Slovakia and Germany have analysed whether front mounted brake lights have defused the process.
The juicy penalty for not lighting the car lights after the six Fabaena Jue, 05/06/2025 - 11:17 Author Fabaena The correct use of the lights in motor vehicles is a legal requirement in Colombia to improve road safety. According to article 86 of the National Code of Terrestrial Transit, all vehicles must carry and properly use the exterior lighting devices. This provision seeks to reduce the probability of road accidents associated with the lack …
A research team at Graz University of Technology has looked at how a front-mounted brake light could affect the accident figures. According to a study conducted by TU, an additional brake light on the front of the vehicle would prevent up to 17 percent of the collisions.
The reconstruction of accidents at road crossings revealed in a study that an additional brakeman at the front of the vehicle would have prevented up to 17 percent of the collisions. More ...
TU Graz Study: Front Brake Lights Could Significantly Reduce the Number of Road Accidents
5.06.2025 - Reconstructions of accidents at road junctions revealed in a study that an additional brake light at the front of the vehicle would have prevented up to 17 per cent of collisions. The idea of the front brake light has been around for some time, but no vehicle manufacturer has as yet implemented it.
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