At the recent meeting of TSEI, the US-based Transportation Safety Equipment Institute, two lighting-related topics spurred spirited discussion. First was a new kind of auxiliary signal lamp being trialled on large vehicles like tanker trucks and semi trailers. The general idea: a rear-facing lamp that pulsates—alternates between bright and dim—when the vehicle’s brakes are applied.…
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.