SUPPLEMENT TO LIABILITY OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR NEGLIGENCE ARISING OUT OF THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF WARNING SIGNS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS, AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS

State highway departments and transportation agencies have a continuing need to keep abreast of operating practices and legal elements of specific problems in highway law. This report supplements and updates a paper in Volume 4 of "Selected Studies in Highway Law," entitled "Liability of State and Local Governments for Negligence Arising Out of the Installation and Maintenance of Warning Signs, Traffic Lights, and Pavement Markings," pp. 1943-1966-S4, by the original author, Larry W. Thomas. The last supplement to this paper was published in December 1980. This supplement represents an update of the law on that topic to 1988. The contents are as follows: introduction; duty of the State or Governmental Agency to install and maintain highway warnings, traffic lights, or pavement markings; and common law negligence.

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/docs/nchrp_lrd_3.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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• Authors:
  • Vance, J C
• Publication Date: 1988-12

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 10 p.
• Serial:
  • NCHRP Legal Research Digest
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway law; Installation; Liability; Local government; Maintenance; Negligence; Road markings; State government; Traffic signals; Warning signs
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Security and Emergencies; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00479234
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jan 31 1989 12:00AM