NEW YORK STATE'S REFERENCE MARKER SYSTEM
THE REPORT DESCRIBES AN ELECTRONIC, DATA PROCESSED ACCIDENT SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR STATE HIGHWAYS, WHICH IS KEYED TO SPECIAL "REFERENCE MARKERS" PLACED AT THE ROADSIDE TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS WHERE ACCIDENTS OCCUR. DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF THE REFERENCE MARKER WHICH IS AN 8-IN SQUARE ALUMINUM SIGN PANEL WITH A REFLECTORIZED BACKGROUND. SILVER-WHITE NUMERALS AND LETTERS COMPOSE THE LEGEND, AND THE PANEL, DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE UP TO TWELVE CHARACTERS, CONSISTS OF THREE HORIZONTAL ROWS OF FOUR SPACES EACH. TO IMPLEMENT THE SYSTEM, DOT HAS DIVIDED ALL 14,000 MILES OF THE STATE HIGHWAY NETWORK INTO 0.1 MILE SEGMENTS EACH POSTED WITH ITS CODENUMBERED REFERENCE MARKER. PROVISION IS MADE IN STATE ACCIDENT REPORT FORMS FOR THE RECORDING OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. INFORMATION FROM THESE REPORTS ARE FED INTO A COMPUTER THUS AIDING IDENTIFICATION OF ACCIDENT LOCATIONS. THESE MARKERS ALSO HAVE VALUE IN PROVIDING ACCURATE LOCATION IDENTIFICATION FOR REPORTING DISABLED VEHICLES, POT HOLES, FLOODING, ROAD OBSTURCTIONS AND OTHER HIGHWAY HAZARDS. THEY ALSO SIMPLIFY DOT TRAFFIC SIGNAL, SIGN PAVEMENT MARKING INVENTORIES AS WELL AS EXPERIMENTAL USES OF PAINTS AND PAVEMENT MATERIALS. INSTANCES ARE DESCRIBED WHERE REFERENCE MARKERS WILL NOT FLOOW THE EXISTING PATTERN.
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Authors:
- Simonis, F J
- Publication Date: 1972-3
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 47
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Serial:
- Traffic Engineering, Inst Traffic Engr
- Volume: 42 N
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Computer components; Crash reports; Electronic equipment; Forms (Documents); High risk locations; Measurement; State highways; Traffic; Traffic control
- Old TRIS Terms: Electronic devices; Marking; Traffic control systems
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00226815
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 16 1974 12:00AM