AN ENGINEERING PROFESSOR SAYS: PAVEMENT MARKERS PREVENT CRASHES--IF THEY ARE RATIONALLY USED

The rise in the number of night accidents has spurred the Federal Highway Administration to launch a research program aimed generally at finding out why this is so and what can be done about it. This article describes one part of this research effort which centers on the use of accident data to try to determine how much good, if any, various markings do on two-lane rural highways. This includes post-mounted reflective signs, used to outline highway edges, and raised pavement markers (RPMs), imbedded in the pavement, and also used to outline edges and centerlines of highways. Based on what's been studied so far it is thought that the rational, proper, well thought-out use of RPMs can easily cut accidents in half, and quite possibly eliminate nearly all delineation-related accidents.

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• Publication Date: 1984-5

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 10-11
• Serial:
  • Traffic Safety (Chicago)
  • Volume: 84
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: National Safety Council
  • ISSN: 0041-0721

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Center lines; Edge lines; Measures of effectiveness; Prevention; Raised road markings; Raised separators; Reflective signs; Safety; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Old TRIS Terms: Raised traffic markings
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00391359
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 096
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM