Visualize avoiding rear-end collisions by retro-reflective contour markings, the truck even in darkness. About one-third of all truck accidents occurred in adverse weather conditions, twilight and darkness. At the same time, these accidents are usually heavier consequences than clashes during daylight hours. Major cause is the poor visibility of trucks and truck trailers for their high number. The following vehicles see a truck ahead that’s why too late or not at all and ascend the side or from behind. Avoid allows to visualize the danger of rear-end collisions by retro-reflective contour markings, the truck even in darkness.

Studies from the United States have shown that the number of accidents by using retro-reflective markings by up to 29 percent decrease can be. Comparative studies of the TU Darmstadt accidents not marked truck accidents of trucks, which were fitted with contour markings or outline marker result comes an accident rate of 30:1, d. h. on 30 accidents involving unmarked vehicles only one with a marked trucks. A literature review published in 2006 by the European Commission and survey in 35 countries comes to the conclusion that en the visibility of trucks from a further distance significantly increase retro-reflective contour markings, which enable rapid identification of a vehicle in front vehicle as a truck, creating a potential for avoiding accidents between 40% and 97%. In more than 20 countries worldwide, the retro-reflective marking of truck is already rule in neighboring Italy since 2006 even with retrofit duty.

The Federal Republic of Germany has become, as well as many more countries R 104 (execution of retro-reflective markings for improving the visibility of heavy and long vehicles and their trailers) and the UN ECE committed to the international regulations of the UN ECE R 48, which among other things regulates the installation of lighting devices on vehicles to use. Mandatory for new vehicles reflective outline markers (installed by professional vehicle stickers) Trucks are allowed in Germany for years according to UN ECE R 48. With effect from 10 October 2007 they are mandatory for all new type approvals of vehicles over 7.5 tons with a length of more than 6,00 meters (page) and more than 2.10 meters wide (tail). How mark? Contour marking marking the entire vehicle form side and rear Windows, distance the bottom mark off the ground at least 250 mm and not more than 1,500 mm, distance of the rear marking to the prescribed brake lights at least 200 mm. partial marking marking the whole vehicle length and width below, as well as the upper corners (two attached at right angles to each other lines of at least 250 mm length), interruptions marking by at least 80 percent of the length and width, Distance the bottom mark by the ground at least 250 mm and not more than 1,500 mm, distance of the rear marking to the prescribed brake lights at least 200 mm. (pulkesh type ) Digital printing & advertising agency, Nuremberg)