You may know it as SSD or Stopping Sight Distance in the US but it is different (I think) to the UK.
Basically forward visibility in the UK refers to a line drawn following a Road lane centre or the drivers eye of sight. These form two conditions a horizontal measured from a start point to an end point a specified distance(relative to speed) from the start point in the direction of travel repeated at an increment along the road.
It forms a "spyrograph" style envelope which graphically illustrates the drivers vision as they travel along a road, we use them to aid in the creation of widenings or omitting objects such as trees or embankments where they lie in the envelope.
The second condition is the vertical aspec which uses the same points as the horizontal but for the start point has a eye height and at the end point has an object height.
Again provides us with a drivers eye line as they drive along the road and ensures that the driver can see a body laying in the road a set distance away.
I have the horizontal portion set up and the vertical now gets all the data but I can't seem to add the profile.
Say a line starting at 0 with a starting height of (profile level + 1.02m) and ending at (startStn + 33m) with a level of (profile level + 0.260m) then another line starting 5m further along the alignment at station 5 which ends at station 38(startStn + 33m) and so on until the end of the profile.
You end up with a series of lines which if one intersects a vertical curve means a driver is unable to see an object in the road at that location.
It's a bit hard to describe it without images, I have had trouble finding any as they are a bit scarce on the net.
I'll try to get a drawing with the two created and add it here for you.
Mike Evans
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