연구홍보포털

논문 초록 (Abstract)

The number of accidents in school zone is decreasing than before with the introduction of strengthening traffic safety policy since January 2011, but the danger still exists. The School zone sign is widely kno wn to have much effect in protecting children from risks of traffic accidents, but design improvement is being demanded to improve a sense of safety and legibility of safety signs in School zone due to t he lack of understanding on the safety signs in crosswalk and School zon e. This study analyzed differences in shape and color of existing safety signs through a case analysis of traffic developed countries as Americ a, England, Japan, and Germany and suggested improvement plans for drivers to clearly perceive the school zone. For improvement methods, t his study suggested the importance of delivering definite and unifi ed warning message for school zone to drivers by using indication sign and caution sign together, and to use yellow, a safety color, and to unify the safety sign into triangle shape that symbolizes warning a nd caution to conform the international standards. Actual design product ion and experiment through improvement plans are needed in the future , and it is expected to secure safety of children and to provide inter national standardization of safety signs in school zone.