Less than 30% of driving is done at night. Yet it accounts for over 60% of
traffic fatalities. Think about that. When you drive at night, your risk
increases almost 70%. But you can put the odds back in your favor.
The key is to be able to see better at night. Studies have found that visual degradation is the leading factor in all night time crashes. That’s because 90% of a driver’s reaction time depends on vision. But even with conventional headlights, 20/20 vision is reduced to 20/50 at night - with depth perception, color recognition, and peripheral vision all degraded. Remember, at 65 mph, even a half second faster reaction buys 50 feet of road.
If you are forty or older, then you are probably starting to notice the effects even more. That’s
because night vision starts declining once you turn 30. In fact, a 50 year-old driver can need twice the light to see as well as a 30-year old.
Night driving risks can be reduced if you get better visual input. The Society
of Automotive Engineers researched
this and concluded that traditional headlamps ”cannot be designed to
produce sufficient illumination to overcome
the driver’s reduced visual capabilities.” That is why
a non-traditional approach is required to make the
road a safer place at night. Rayzer does this by both enhancing the spectrum
of light provided for the driver and
widening the angle of illumination to include more of the periphery, where
collision threats such as animals, cars or
pedestrians often originate.
