Visual Comfort at the Road Lighting on the Border Line

Abstract

Today, the most important factor in terms of border security is the safe observation of the officers at the border police stations and increasing the visibility of those who may cross without permission. Road lighting along the border is one of the most important physical parameters in preventing unauthorized crossings. If there is a large number of people crossing a border and this crossing cannot be stopped, states create a physical barrier by building a wall of concrete blocks on this border. However, this limit needs to be protected and observed. For this purpose, road and lighting installations are installed on the said country border for security purposes. The main purpose of the road lighting extending along the border is to increase the visibility of pedestrians and other objects and to prevent unauthorized passages safely by the security guards who patrol this area. Therefore, for good border road lighting, vision conditions should be improved, taking into account safety needs. Correctly provided border road lighting is a deterrent in preventing unauthorized border violations. Optimum road lighting along the border will also make the border guards working in this environment feel safe. In this study, according to the road lighting criteria specified by the International Commission on Lighting (CIE), the visual conditions on the road along the border were analyzed and solutions for lighting were presented.