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Watching the video it struck me that the lights embedded in the barriers between lanes are a really good idea. It provides illumination of the road and the barrier without large poles lining the road which block the view and are expensive.


In Sweden the national traffic authority is responsible for steadily improving the road conditions and environment in order to make road traffic safer (for everyone). What you noticed is one example of their many improvements.


Here are a couple of interesting pieces on road safety in Sweden:

- Why Sweden has so few road deaths [1]

- Vision Zero (fatalities and serious injuries on highways by 2020) [2]

[1] http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/02/ec...

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_Zero




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