SHRP'S CUTTING EDGE. DEVICES TO TRANSFORM WORK ZONES

The Strategic Highway Research Program's (SHRP) efforts to help make maintenance work zones safer is described. Of all the new devices that have resulted from research, the Infrared Intrusion Alarm has been rated the best. The alarm works by sounding a loud siren whenever a vehicle strays into a work zone, giving maintenance workers 4 to 7 seconds warning to clear the work area. Details of the device are described. The details are also described of the new flashing stop/slow paddle developed by SHRP which has two high-intensity, quartz halogen lamps that drivers can see from as far as 1,000 ft away. Another device is the portable speed bump, a new lightweight device, which causes a jolt and an audible rumble, alerting approaching drivers.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Scranton Gillette Communications

  380 E Northwest Highway, Suite 200
  Des Planes, IL  United States  60016-2282
• Authors:
  • Smith, K H
• Publication Date: 1992-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 8
• Serial:
  • Roads & Bridges
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Scranton Gillette Communications
  • ISSN: 8750-9229
  • Serial URL: http://www.roadsbridges.com/rb/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Audible warning devices; Construction sites; Flaggers; Traffic control devices; Work zone traffic control
• Identifier Terms: Strategic Highway Research Program
• Old TRIS Terms: Flagging
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00624284
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 6 1993 12:00AM