A TRIP-AND-FALL HAZARD: PARKING LOT WHEEL STOPS

The literature typically has listed the following five wheelstop problems: trip-and-fall hazards, constricting traffic flow, trapping blowing debris, interfering with snow-plowing in northern climates, and maintenance. There are several reasons why wheelstops create special trip-and-fall problems. If PCC types are used on a PCC surface, the colors blend. Painting the wheelstops yellow will help identify the hazard from a distance but will not totally prevent falls. Tripping often occurs when only a small section of the block extends out beyond the edge of a car, which can shade the object by day as well as from parking facility lights at night. Yellow is the most helpful block marking color when used on a newly surfaced or sealed asphalt lot.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Public Works Journal Corporation

  200 South Broad Street
  Ridgewood, NJ  United States  07451
• Authors:
  • Box, P C
• Publication Date: 1997-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 64-70
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 128
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Blocks; Curbs; Parking facilities; Parking lots; Safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Wheelstops
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00736603
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 13 1997 12:00AM