ATSSA WORKS TO PROMULGATE NCHRP-350 TEST REQUIREMENTS

With a compliance date of October 1, 1998, members of the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) Crash Testing Task Force met in Chicago on May 1, 1998, to further discuss the impact of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) guidance memo regarding work-zone devices. Two groups were formed--one for barricades and one for sign stands--to begin the process of identifying generic designs of these devices and eventually begin crash testing. After a satisfactory "crash" is completed, ATSSA will petition FHWA to consider moving these devices to category one to enable traffic control companies to produce and deploy a generic form of these devices under the self-certification clause within the guidance memo.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Scranton Gillette Communications

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  Des Planes, IL  United States  60016-2282
• Publication Date: 1998-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 44-45
• Serial:
  • Roads & Bridges
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Scranton Gillette Communications
  • ISSN: 8750-9229
  • Serial URL: http://www.roadsbridges.com/rb/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barricades; Certification; Construction sites; Crash tests; Design; Sign supports; Signs; Specifications; Standards; Work zone safety; Work zones
• Identifier Terms: American Traffic Safety Services Association; U.S. Federal Highway Administration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Requirements; Sign design
• Old TRIS Terms: Barrier design; Sign standards; Sign structures
• Subject Areas: Design; Education and Training; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00753238
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 13 1998 12:00AM