Patent ID: 7021857
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: E01F,G08G

Abstract:
1. A road segment comprising a first roadway ( 80 ) and an adjoining second roadway ( 81 ), said road segment being adapted to facilitate merging of at least two successive vehicles ( 66 , 66 ′) traveling over the first roadway ( 80 ) with at least one further vehicle ( 67 ) traveling over the second roadway ( 81 ), at least the first roadway ( 80 ) being provided with a road marking system ( 60 ) comprising a plurality of road marking units ( 3 , 3 ′, 3 ″. . . ), each one of the road marking units ( 3 , 3 ′, 3 ″, . . . ) being provided with a light source for emitting light in the direction of a driver ( 5 , 5 ′, . . . ) of one of the vehicles ( 6 , 6 ′, . . . ), the road marking system including detection means ( 2 ) for detecting the flow of traffic and conversion means for converting the detected flow of traffic to a desired distance between the vehicles ( 6 , 6 ′; 16 , 16 ′; 26 , 26 ′; 36 , 36 ′) and a desired speed of said vehicles ( 6 , 6 ′; 6 , 16 ′; 26 , 26 ′; 36 , 36 ′), said road marking system generating a guidance light ( a road marking system further generating a continuous marking line (