Mario Fiolic

• University of Zagreb

Alcohol abuse influences different parts of society and social aspects, including road safety. Approximately 25% of road fatalities in Europe are attributed to alcohol, while only around 1% of the total kilometers driven in Europe involve drivers with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.5‰ or higher. Alcohol affects people in different ways; e...

Road markings are important elements of road infrastructure, influencing traffic safety. Since they are deteriorating systems, their upkeep through renewals is important. To assure the quality of the renewal jobs, the systematic testing of retroreflectivity, which is the key performance parameter of road markings, was imposed in Croatia. Results fr...

Modern vehicles are equipped with active and passive safety systems that can mitigate the severity of crashes or even prevent them. The most popular active systems in vehicles are Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), which help the driver operate the vehicle safely. The proper functioning of ADAS is highly dependent on the accurate collection...

Road markings are integral to effective traffic management, serving as visual cues for drivers and essential components in ensuring road safety. Choosing materials for road markings, whether durable options like plastic materials or conventional paint, presents an important decision point in road infrastructure planning. While durable materials off...

Definition Due to the dynamic nature and complexity of road traffic, road safety is one of the most demanding social challenges. Therefore, contemporary road safety strategies incorporate a multidisciplinary and comprehensive approaches to address this problem and improve the safety of each individual element, i.e., the human, vehicle, and road. Tr...

Driver distraction has been identified as a contributing factor to road crashes, among which the most common is the use of mobile phones while driving. For this reason, the aim of this paper is to analyse the behaviour of young drivers while they use mobile phones (answering a telephone call, texting, and browsing the internet) and drive in a simul...

(1) Background: Due to its high safety potential, one of the most common ADAS technologies is the lane support system (LSS). The main purpose of LSS is to prevent road accidents caused by road departure or entrance in the lane of other vehicles. Such accidents are especially common on rural roads during nighttime. In order for LSS to function prope...

Lateral support systems in vehicles have a high potential for reduction of lane departure crashes. To profit from their full potential, such systems should function properly in adverse conditions. Literature indicates that their accuracy varies between day and night-time. However, detailed quantifications of the systems’ performance in these condit...

Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) represents a collection of vehicle-based intelligent safety systems. One in particular, Traffic Sign Recognition System (TSRS), is designed to detect and interpret roadside information in the form of signage. Even though TSRS has been on the market for more than a decade now, the available ones differ in har...

Pedestrians account for nearly a quarter of all road fatalities in the European Union, with almost half of them occurring at night. The aim of this study is to use eye tracking to analyse how well and from what distance drivers perceive pedestrians wearing different clothing (black or light-coloured clothing, or an orange or yellow retroreflective...

As part of the road network utilized by all road users, intersections are places of high complexity and conflict risks. Statistics show that 40–60% of all road accidents occur at intersections, while around 20% of them result in fatalities. The consequences of collisions at intersections are particularly severe on rural roads during night-time due...

As part of the traffic control plan, road markings form the traffic surface and provide visual guidance for road users. Since their first application to the present day, road markings have become a common element of road infrastructure and one of the basic low-cost safety measures. The aim of this paper is to provide a systematic review of the most...

The study investigates how the presence of traffic signalling elements (road markings and traffic signs) affects the behaviour of young drivers in night-time conditions. Statistics show that young drivers (≤ 30 years old) are often involved in road accidents, especially those that occur in night-time conditions. Among other factors, this is due to...

Abstract One of the pillars of road safety strategies, in almost every country in the world, is training and education. Due to the diversity and different extents of evaluation methods, the influence of educational and training programs on traffic safety is still limited. The aim of this research is to evaluate the effect of the Slovenian education...

Road markings provide drivers with the information necessary for their comfortable and safe journey. To achieve that, they must be visible in all driving conditions, which means that they have to be renewed and maintained in a timely manner. This research aims to develop a model for predicting the service life of paint, thermoplastic and agglomerat...

Horizontal road markings are inalienable feature on almost all roads because their presence results in significant increase in safety for all road users. By providing delineation, they help drivers in keeping the vehicle in the traffic lane. At night time, retroreflectivity (RL) of road markings, achieved by incorporating glass beads on the marking...

The invention and production of the driving simulator in the past was primarily aimed at visual improvement of video games and creation of realistic representation of reality. By improving technical features of the simulator, it was possible to use it for research purposes in the industry as well as in driving schools to train potential candidates...

Horizontal road markings are critical road safety features, which must be reflectorised with glass beads to be effective during night-time driving. Road trials demonstrated that durability of thin-layer road marking systems depends primarily on the selection of paint and is strongly influenced by the choice of glass beads. With the use of premium g...

Results from road tests done at a motorway in Switzerland and at a major road in Croatia are provided. In Switzerland, an application of thick-layer structured cold plastic reflectorized with premium glass beads SOLIDPLUS demonstrated that it was possible to achieve road marking system lasting five years. High durability was possible because of exq...

To help drivers remain on the travel path, horizontal markings are installed. They are very efficient and cost-effective safety features, which can bring on average 60 to 1 in benefit to cost ratio; 20% drop in accidents was measured with the installation of both edge and centre markings. For night time driving, retroreflectivity, achieved by drop-...

Traffic signs as part of the overall traffic signalization system convey a message to road users using shapes, colours, text and symbols. They inform road users about regulations, warnings, directions, and guidance in traffic systems, in order to ensure safe traffic flow. In conditions of low visibility drivers receive less visual information in tr...

Traffic systems are dynamic systems where many conflicting situations may result in traffic accidents. The analysis of possible causes of accidents showed that there are four main factors contributing to their occurrence: human, vehicle, road and environment. Road as a safety factor is characterized by a number of elements such as: road route, tech...

Road traffic safety depends on the efforts of the entire society, through increased investment in road safety and traffic culture development of all road users. One of the ways to increase road safety is by implementing quality traffic signalization, among which are road markings. Today there are several different techniques and technologies for ro...