Disabled snelwegverlichting go in to file

Posted on 07-10-2013 at 20:41 by ricardo – 37 Comments”

Last month, the lighting along numerous highways either 21:00 or to 23:00 off. Due to cost savings and environmental arguments. However, there are situations in which Rijkswaterstaat the button yet again sales.

In seven years, 35 million euros of savings is the lighting on the A1 (Amsterdam – Amersfoort), A2 (Utrecht – Eindhoven-the netherlands), the A4 and the A12 from Utrecht in the direction of Den Haag in the night hours off. The Dutch Society for Sleep – Wake Research (NSWO) was therefore immediately about the falls, because driving in the dark would be to more accidents, but that criticism has RWS in addition to resigned themselves; the button went to.

Not in all situations, as it now appears. In the Telegraph says RWS that as the traffic speed under 35 km/h, the lighting is powered up again. Even if there are 50 or 70 on the guidance. In addition, the road authorities, of course, still the possibility of more light on the case to shine in winter conditions or extreme rainfall.

RWS says that the snelwegeclips in the statistics yet not for more accidents has caused, but it is now still too early to draw conclusions.