NIGHTTIME INSPECTION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DEVELOP NIGHTTIME INSPECTION PROCEDURES FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND MARKINGS. IT WAS ESSENTIAL TO FIRST DEVELOP APPROPRIATE EVALUATION CRITERIA AND TECHNIQUES AND THEN ADAPT THAT CRITERIA TO FIELD WORK SHEETS. THE WORK SHEETS WOULD HELP AN EVALUATOR IN UNIFORMLY DETERMINING THE COMPLETENESS AND ADEQUACY OF TRAFFIC DEVICES INSTALLED AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION TO ACCOMPLISH A SPECIFIC INTENT. THE WORK SHEETS WERE TO UTILIZE SOME FORM OF RATING SYSTEM THAT WOULD INCLUDE ELEMENTS CONCERNING THE PERTINENT FACTORS OF A SPECIFIC LOCATION AS TO ITS VISIBILITY, ALIGNMENT, APPROACH SPEEDS, ROADWAY WIDTH, AND TRAFFIC MARKINGS AND DEVICES. /HSRI/

• Corporate Authors:

  San Diego County, California

  Department of County Engineer
  San Diego, CA  United States 
• Authors:
  • TAYLOR, H M
• Publication Date: 1970-6-30

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Approach; Inspection; Night; Night visibility; Road markings; Speed; Traffic control devices
• Old TRIS Terms: Approach speed; Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226583
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1973 12:00AM