SAFETY AFTER MUTCD: IS IT ENOUGH?

This article discusses variables in work zone laws and rules. Specifically, it discusses whether or not state departments of safety should go beyond MUTCD in the areas of orange-only rules for worker vests, lighted arrow boards, worker training, and driver training. The MUTCD rules, scheduled to be revised in 1998, will grow and take into consideration finer points, legislating from there.

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• Publication Date: 1997-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 17-20
• Serial:
  • Better Roads
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: James Informational Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0006-0208
  • Serial URL: http://www.betterroads.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Road construction workers; Safety equipment; State highway departments; Work zone traffic control
• Identifier Terms: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00734941
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 18 1997 12:00AM