As many as 59% of red-light running crashes may be preventable given some alternative, supplementary form of traffic control signal status indication.
$40,000,000,000.00 - The societal costs of intersection-related crashes every year.
One in three people claim they personally know someone who has been injured or killed in a red-light running crash - similar to the percentage of people who know someone who was killed or injured by a drunk driver.
"The use of this technology to stem the tragic and tremendous losses resulting
from roadway intersection related accidents, is priceless."
- Charleen Kalina
RIARD Systems, LLC proposes a new and innovative approach to reducing the tragic
frequency of intersection-related crashes. The
Roadway Intersection
Accident Reduction
Device
provides an audio warning announcement to vehicle operators upon entering a
defined "zone of risk" at a roadway intersection. The audio warning is designed
to focus a distracted operator's attention on the upcoming intersection.
The U.S. patented Roadway Warning System
is straightforward and supplements existing intersection visual indicators.
The system, when fielded, will reduce loss of life, injuries, and property
damage.
RIARD's funding requirements for the continued development and pre-production
prototyping of the product provide an excellent investment opportunity. With
investment capital of $2 million, RIARD projects a cumulative profit before
taxes of between $5.7 and $57.3 billion. Find out more
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RIARD believes that its Roadway Warning System can reduce intersection-related crashes by 74%.
In 2000, it could have prevented 740,000 injuries, 6,290 fatalities, and $29.6 billion in
economic losses.
