Comments on: Solar Powered LED Traffic Lane Markers

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:14:48 +0000

These would be very handy on some of the heavy thule fog nights up in the east bay. I’ve been out riding in fog so thick you literally could not see the road at your feet. Very scary conditions since other drivers can’t see you either.

I hope the firmly plant these things because someone will figure out that they have value and will start stealing them.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:44:45 +0000

It can’t be any worse than hitting a rumble strip which are conspicuously planted within the center line and the emergency lane. There’s nothing like getting a flat tire, and then inavertently running over a rumble strip. Until you do that, running over little lights are not going to be a problem.

By: hoyt

hoyt — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:56:27 +0000

Good idea, but does there have to be so many? (see above photo)

A reduced number of lights would be cheaper and less likely to cause “slip” as mentioned above.

What would be the right number of lights? It would have to be studied at various speeds and various road conditions (different number of turns and various radii) to avoid optical illusions.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:25:11 +0000

These things are all over Japan and so fu**** disturbing, they give me a hard time to actually figure out my lane.
Oh, and it’s great, when you have undererstimated a curve, need to go a little more inside and your frontwheel hits one of these on rainy condition.

Back home in Germany, we do not even have lights on the highways, but Japan has 2.5 times the amount of traffic accidents.

By: Blair

Blair — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:02:34 +0000

Ah the humble LED, they’re getting very popular now aren’t they? I’ve had LED night lights on the push bike for years and they’re fantastic for letting cars know you’re there. Cheap on batteries too.

And now you can get LED headlights as an option on the Audi R8 supercar I believe. Bring it on.