About Front brake light

Situations

Catalogue of possible applications

Recognising the behaviour of others becomes easier with Front Brake Light

Real-world traffic situations in which a Front Brake Light on a vehicle would assist communication between road users.

 

Front Brake Light on
car, bus, truck

The illustrations depict driving on the right but the comments are equally
applicable to countries where driving is on the left.


Turning left from major to minor road

standard situation

In relation to:

Other vehicles

Advantage / Use:

by oncoming drivers, making it easier for them to decide whether to wait or turn.

Advantage / Use for:

Waiting drivers


Changing lanes, especially in dense traffic

standard situation

In relation to:

Other vehicles

Advantage / Use:

by a driver who wishes to change lanes in front of the FBL vehicle.

Advantage / Use for:

Driver wishing to change lanes


Approaching a bottleneck

standard situation

In relation to:

Other vehicles

Advantage / Use:

by oncoming drivers making it easier for them to decide whether or not to enter the bottleneck.

Advantage / Use for:

Drivers with/without right of way


Heavy or emergency braking on the approach to a hazard

standard situation

In relation to:

Other vehicles

Advantage / Use:

Advantage / Use:
by the driver of the leading vehicle who can decide if a rear-end shunt is likely and what evasive action, if any, can or should be taken. Especially relevant on motorways or other highspeed roads where quick decisions to either brake heavily or veer sideways onto the verge or hard shoulder are required to ensure survival

Advantage / Use for:

Driver at the head of the line of traffic

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.

Science and Research
of Front Brake Light

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