Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates

The concept of a front brake light has been floating around the automotive industry for some time now. However, no vehicle manufacturer has yet embraced the idea and turned it into a reality on the roads. Recently, 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 provided compelling evidence to support the implementation of this innovative idea. Their groundbreaking work examined the impact of front brake lights on enhancing road safety through an extensive accident reconstruction study. This comprehensive analysis involved data from 200 actual accidents occurring at road junctions. The findings suggest that depending on drivers’ reaction times, the introduction of an additional brake light on the front of vehicles could avert between 7.5 to 17 percent of potential collisions. Moreover, in some instances, these front brake lights c ... Read full article.