Experimental observations on the optimal layout of orientation blocks for safe road crossing by the visually impaired - Inagaki T, Fujisawa S, Takahashi K, Ikeda N, Takeuchi K, Ogino H, Kobayakawa S.

For people with visual impairments who face difficulties when crossing the road, in urban areas of Japan the infrastructure designed to provide an indication of crossing direction and the curbstones at sidewalk-roadway boundaries often varies in reliabilit...

Source: SafetyLit - August 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news