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HMB Reflectors: A New Horizontal Retro‐reflecting System to Improve Safety at Pedestrian Crossings

Hans P. Lindenmann Institute for Transport Planning and Systems (IVT), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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H. M. Burger Institute for Transport Planning and Systems (IVT), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
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M. Laube Institute for Transport Planning and Systems (IVT), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
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M. M. Partl Institute for Transport Planning and Systems (IVT), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
Pages 351-363 | Received 21 Dec 2004, Accepted 30 Nov 2005, Published online: 23 Feb 2007

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