SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT

VEILIGHEIDSEISEN VOOR VERKEERSREGELTOESTELLEN

It is very obvious that road users may rely on the proper performance of traffic lights. It therefore is necessary that strict specifications be devised for the mechanical and electronic components. Safeguards should prevent conflicting signals from being shown which result from breakdowns of the equipment. The article deals with ways and means by which proper functioning is controlled. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB

  Wassenaarseweg 220, P.O. Box 93200
  The Hague,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • De JONG, P
  • MARKUS, J A
  • Valk, FM van der
• Publication Date: 1984-4

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 193-197
• Serial:
  • Verkeerskunde
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: NWB BV/Royal Dutch Touring Club
  • ISSN: 0377-8495
  • Serial URL: http://www.verkeerskunde.nl

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control; Control devices; Defects; Durability; Electronics; Mechanics; Prevention; Reliability; Safety; Specifications; Traffic control; Traffic safety; Traffic signals
• ITRD Terms: 3874: Control; 5238: Defect (tech); 5910: Durability; 6965: Electronics; 5455: Mechanics; 9149: Prevention; 1665: Safety; 177: Specifications; 565: Traffic signal
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00389235
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1984 12:00AM