WEST VIRGINIA SAFETY PATROL
THE FIRST SAFETY PATROL WAGON WAS PUT INTO USE IN WEST VIRGINIA ON NOVEMBER 1, 1962. BY NOVEMBER, 1963, THERE WERE TWO PATROL VEHICLES, AND SIX YEARS LATER EIGHT PATROL VEHICLES ARE USED ON A FULL TIME BASIS. THE SERVICE IS AVAILABLE ON A SEVEN DAY A WEEK BASIS. EACH DRIVER WORKS ONE EIGHT HOUR SHIFT AND THE DRIVERS' SCHEDULES ARE MADE UP ONE MONTH IN ADVANCE. IT IS PLANNED TO HAVE THIS SERVICE AVAILABLE EVENTUALLY ON A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR BASIS ON THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM. THE STATION WAGON MARKINGS AND EQUIPMENT CARRIED ARE REVIEWED. THE PURPOSE OF THE SAFETY PATROL PROGRAM IS TO ASSIST IN ANY MANNER POSSIBLE MOTORISTS STRANDED OR IN DISTRESS ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM OF WEST VIRGINIA. QUALIFICATIONS WHICH WERE DEVELOPED FOR SAFETY PATROL DRIVERS ARE PRESENTED. THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SAFETY PATROL DRIVERS ARE ENUMERATED.
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Supplemental Notes:
- pp 91-97, 1 FIG
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Authors:
- Coen, R G
- Publication Date: 1968-12
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Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Disasters and emergency operations; Distress; Hazards and emergency operations; Highway safety; Police patrol; Traffic incidents
- Identifier Terms: Interstate Highway System
- Uncontrolled Terms: Disabled vehicles
- Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00218599
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: pp 80-85
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 26 1970 12:00AM