Edges are prominent features in images and their detection plays main role in computer vision and image processing. Identifying and Detecting the edges are a low level task in a variety of applications such as shape recognition, image compression, enhancement and restoration. The technique laid out aims to develop enhanced techniques for road safety. Road safety is a major issue and many lives are lost due to inadequate safety measures, including poor lighting conditions, road conditions,etc. The methods laid out aim to provide enhanced safety that can be further used in enhancing road safety with the potential to avoid accidents. These are performed using various criteria involving concepts of edge detection, infrared imaging and real time imaging. In addition to this, it also analyses other safety techniques and algorithms that have been previously developed in this line of research. One of the methods laid out caters to the problems colour blind people have, specifically in distinguishing between the green light in traffic signals and street lights. © 2005 - 2013 JATIT & LLS. All rights reserved.