TÜV Rheinland expert Dr. Hendrik Schäbe shows a significant influence of Xenon lighting to reduced accidents. He claims that if all headlamps in Germany were equippedwith high intensity discharge lighting (Xenon) then we would be able to reduce fatal accidents on country roads by 50% and on motorways by more than 30%. [Welt].
Hector Fratty
Hector Fratty, DrivingVisionNews President and Founder has been for his entire career in automotive lighting. From 1995 to 2006, he was Valeo Lighting Systems’ chief of R&D, managing a staff of 650 engineers and technicians and a budget of over €70m. He holds 20 patents worldwide. In 2008, after 2 years’ consultancy, he initiated the launch of Driving Vision News, a news pipeline dedicated to keeping the lighting and driver assistance community informed of the latest progress and development in the industry. Hector Fratty presides over the highly‐regarded biennial VISION Congress international automotive lighting and driver assistance symposium. Hector Fratty is also a member of the ISAL steering committees.