Road-Marking System
First Claim
1. A road-marking system for influencing the distance between vehicles (6, 6′
- , . . . ) traveling over a roadway (10), comprising;
a plurality of road-marking units (3;
3′
, 3″
, . . . ;
4, 4′
, . . . ),the road-marking units (3;
3′
, 3″
, . . . ;
4, 4′
, . . . ) being provided with light means for emitting or reflecting light in the direction of a driver of the vehicle (6, 6′
, . . . ),a set of the road-marking units (4, 4′
, . . . ), of which in operation a part is in an active state while the remainder of the road-marking units (3;
3′
, 3″
, . . . ) is in an inactive state,the distance between the active road-marking units (4, 4′
, . . . ) in the set being indicative of the desired distance between the vehicles (6, 6′
, . . . ).
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Abstract
The road-marking system for influencing the distance between vehicles (6, 6′, . . . ) traveling over a roadway (10) comprises: a plurality of road-marking units (3; 3′, 3″, . . . ; 4, 4′, . . . ), the road-marking units being provided with light means for emitting or reflecting light in the direction of a driver of the vehicle (6, 6′, . . . ). In operation, a set of the road-marking units (4, 4′, . . . ) is in an active state, while the remainder of the road-marking units (3; 3′, 3″, . . . ) is in an inactive state. The distance between the active road-marking units (4, 4′, . . . ) in the set is indicative of the desired distance between the vehicles (6, 6′, . . . ). Preferably, the light emitted or reflected by the set of active road-marking units (4, 4′, . . . ) is tuned in response to conditions during the day or during the night.
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9 Claims
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1. A road-marking system for influencing the distance between vehicles (6, 6′
- , . . . ) traveling over a roadway (10), comprising;
a plurality of road-marking units (3;
3′
, 3″
, . . . ;
4, 4′
, . . . ),the road-marking units (3;
3′
, 3″
, . . . ;
4, 4′
, . . . ) being provided with light means for emitting or reflecting light in the direction of a driver of the vehicle (6, 6′
, . . . ),a set of the road-marking units (4, 4′
, . . . ), of which in operation a part is in an active state while the remainder of the road-marking units (3;
3′
, 3″
, . . . ) is in an inactive state,the distance between the active road-marking units (4, 4′
, . . . ) in the set being indicative of the desired distance between the vehicles (6, 6′
, . . . ). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- , . . . ) traveling over a roadway (10), comprising;
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