ATSSA PRESIDENT REMINDS CONGRESS ABOUT SAFETY NEEDS FOR OLDER DRIVERS AND PERSONNEL IN WORK ZONES

In his testimony befoe Congress with regard to the reauthorization of the Federal-Aid Highway Program, the new president of the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA), Charles Dawson, stated that although elderly drivers comprise only 12 percent of the population, the present highway system needs to be altered to accommodate these drivers. He feels that signing letters should be larger and brighter using more reflective materials and that pavement striping widths should be increased from four to six inches. He would like to see a work zone safety program as part of the next Highway Act because there was an 8 percent increase in highway work zone fatalities.

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• Publication Date: 1990-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 3
• Serial:
  • TRANSAFETY REPORTER
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: TranSafety, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0884-612X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged drivers; Construction sites; Pavements; Reflectivity; Safety; Signs; Symbols; Visual perception; Width
• Uncontrolled Terms: Sign legend
• Old TRIS Terms: Pavement width
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00496959
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1990 12:00AM