Front brake light

Conception and experimental evidence for more traffic safety

A significant contribution to improving road safety with No financial burden on the citizen

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Actual situation on European roads:

25 000

people on the roads of Europe
yearly die around*

135 000

serious injuries on the roads of Europe
yearly happen*

120 B €

a year is the social costs of medical care,
rehabilitation and lost work amounting to about*


*average period from 2016 to 2020 /

It is assigned to the EU, to make more road safety happen!

EU has set itself the target of reducing road deaths to around 16,000. Achieving this objective will require taking every opportunity to improve traffic safety!

What can we do

Front Brake Light is opportunity to improve Traffic Safety!

Given the complex triangular relationship between human, vehicle and environmental factors, advances in traffic safety will always have to encompass a variety of innovations.

One of these could be the front mounted brake light, a forward-facing lighting device that illuminates simultaneously with the rear brake lights and tells on-coming road users that the car is braking.

Evidence-based contribution to improving road safety*

*substantiated claims based on research from 2018 to 2020

Possible applications of
front brake light in real traffic*

*The comments are equally applicable in
left-hand-driving countries.

Approaching crossroads

Changing lanes Approaching junctions Recognising whether the driver turning left respects the oncoming vehicle’s right to continue in the direction of travel.

Turning left

Changing lanes Approaching junctions Recognising whether the driver turning left respects the oncoming vehicle’s right to continue in the direction of travel.

                           

Situation no. 3

Changing lanes Approaching junctions Recognising whether the driver turning left respects the oncoming vehicle’s right to continue in the direction of travel.

Situation no. 4

Changing lanes Approaching junctions Recognising whether the driver turning left respects the oncoming vehicle’s right to continue in the direction of travel.

Front brake light

A product that
saves lives

The Front Brake Light should be recognised as an additional, cost-effective and easily implementable measure to reduce traffic collisions, not least in terms of reducing the actual risk to pedestrians.