Floor light

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Floor traffic light in Cologne at the pedestrian ford Aachener Strasse / Maarweg
Detail of the floor traffic light (Augsburg)
Floor traffic light in operation (Augsburg)

Floor traffic lights refer to traffic light lights that are embedded directly in the street or sidewalk . In most cases, these are rows of LED lights on pedestrian bridges , immediately in front of the curb . The lights flash as soon as a tram approaches the pedestrian ford to warn crossing pedestrians. Floor traffic lights are also abbreviated Bompel called, a portmanteau word from Bo to and A MPEL .

There have been many reports in the press that they are particularly intended to prevent accidents with distracted smartphone users.

Use

At the end of 2010, Stadtwerke Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main (VGF) installed red LED light strips as well as changed light signals and clear floor markings at a pedestrian crossing on the A line of the subway at the Lindenbaum stop . There has not been a fatal traffic accident on this route since the renovation (as of 2016).

In 2016 in Augsburg and Cologne , ground traffic lights were installed on a trial basis in the area of tram stops in order to warn so-called “ smombies ” (smartphone zombies ) of potential accidents. If these attempts are successful, further traffic lights will be installed. In Berlin, however, the city administration rejects the installation of floor traffic lights. In the meantime, the city of Cologne no longer wants to install any more floor traffic lights.

Other cities in Europe are now also testing the floor lights. In the Dutch municipality of Bodegraven, for example, an intersection is provided with a floor traffic light. Here, too, the main target group are smartphone users.

Web links

Commons : Bodenampel  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Police NRW Hagen: Bompeln für Smombies What are ... In: facebook.com. Retrieved May 27, 2016 .
  2. ↑ [1] deutschlandradiokultur.de
  3. ↑ Bompeln für SmombiesAugsburg installs traffic lights in the floor n-tv
  4. ↑ Protection from 'smombies': First cities set up traffic lights for cell phone users. In: rp-online.de. April 22, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2016 .
  5. ↑ News. In: probitron.de. Retrieved May 27, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Christian Scheh: Eschersheim: "Death route" for the first time accident-free. In: Frankfurte Neue Presse. April 23, 2015, accessed May 5, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Traffic report 2015. (PDF, 1 MB) Press paper handout. Police headquarters Frankfurt am Main , March 23, 2016, p. 16 , accessed on May 5, 2016 .
  8. ^ City of Augsburg. In: augsburg.de. Retrieved May 27, 2016 .
  9. ↑ More ground traffic lights for smartphone daddlers. (No longer available online.) In: wdr.de. April 22, 2016, archived from the original on May 25, 2016 ; accessed on May 27, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www1.wdr.de
  10. ↑ Alarm signals for "smombies". In: niedersachsen.com. May 7, 2016, accessed May 27, 2016 .
  11. ↑ No further floor lights in Cologne. (No longer available online.) June 9, 2016, archived from the original on October 9, 2016 ; accessed on October 9, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www1.wdr.de
  12. ↑ City tests "floor lights" for smartphone users krone.at
  13. ↑ Netherlands: Floor traffic light for smartphone junkies