Škoda's LED Grilleboard: Will It Help Pedestrian Safety?

Škoda are experimenting in the UK with a matrix-lit grilleboard on the Enyaq, which flashes green arrows to signal a pedestrian it is safe to cross; a red ‘no’ cross when it’s not, or an orange triangle when the car is about to start moving. These symbols were chosen because they are ‘widely recognisable’, Škoda…

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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.