Some Thoughts

Hi,

this time I can´t come up with a diagram or new picture because I don´t really have a good idea. The last critique on the curb-lights was the problem with the visibility. Trying to find better solutions I always come to the point, that having this kind of warning system inside the car (the position indicator of the pestrians at the sidewalk) and even on the windshield could be working better. There are several reasons for this:

Why not outside:

1. Putting light not on the sidewalk but somewhere else, where it is better to see, could also affect other drivers, who don´t want to turn. They shouldn´t see those lights.

2. Not only parking cars could be in the line of sight but also other driving cars.

3. A lighting system "outside" is good at night, but is difficult at daytimes.

4. The driver already has to pay attention to so many other things in the enviroment (lighst, sogns, cars, etc.) that one thing more is making the situation even more complicated.


Why inside:

1. The driver iss always looking "through" the windshield, so he´s also looking "at" the windshield. Why not putting an importent Information at a spot, where he´s is looking at anyways?

2. Having such a system inside a car can filter the information from outside for each driver speciffically and individually.

3. If you don´t want to make a turn, the system is off and you can focus on other traffic actions.

4. You could even use other signals like sound for example, to indiacate a dangerous situation.



Referring to Tobis 2nd Animation:

- Making the corner lights brighter, when a pedestrian is approaching the crosswalk iss good, but not working at daytime.

- The lights on the sidewalks are ok, but what happens, if you have somebody driving in front of you?

- What happens at the Zebra-stripe, when people are coming from both directions? And do we need the signal there or is it allready to late?


I think the solution for our problem is somewhere between Tobis Animation and an additional warning system inside the car. And I also think, that it is no problem, that Ozs Group is also working on the Windshield: As I understood, they are working on a HUD which tells the driver a lot of general Information via the Windshield.

Please don´t get me wrong: I liked all our ideas till now, but I am just a little bit concerned If we are moving totally the right way.

Just some thoughts...

Greetz andy