REAL LIFE NEWS: GLOWING LINES ON ROADS
by Hazed
There are now roads in the Netherlands which glow in the dark.
The road markers consist of a photo-luminising powder that charges up during the daytime and then slowly releases a green glow at night, which means streetlamps are no longer necessary. They have been added to a stretch of the N329 in Oss, approximately 100km south east of Amsterdam.
The glowing roads are the work of interactive artist Daan Roosegaarde and civil engineering firm Heijmans.
Mr Roosegaarde said when he was planning the project,”The government is shutting down streetlights at night to save money, energy is becoming much more important than we could have imagined 50 years ago. This road is about safety and envisaging a more self-sustainable and more interactive world."
Not only does this sound like it could save a lot of money, it also looks very pretty too.