This report presents the results of research to develop recommendations to (1) improve the vehicle and equipment warning light policy for the Texas Department of Transportation, and (2) improve the safety of the department's pavement data collection activities. Research efforts included a national wide survey of vehicle warning lights and pavement data collection procedures, a motorist survey of their perceptions and interpretations of vehicle warning light color configurations, field studies of the effect of different warning light color configurations upon traffic operations, and a critique of current pavement data collection equipment and traffic control procedures. Researchers recommend that current policy to allow blue lights to be used with yellow lights on selected vehicles and equipment should be retained. However, researchers do suggest other changes to the policy, and provide recommendations to improve the safety of pavement data collection operations.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Highway Construction, Maintenance, and Service Equipment Warning Lights and Pavement Data Collection System Safety


    Contributors:
    G. Ullman (author) / J. Ragsdale (author) / N. Chaudhary (author)

    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    78 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





    Warning system for highway maintenance construction

    LI HUIBING / FENG ZHIKUI / QI TIAN et al. | European Patent Office | 2021

    Free access

    Highway construction safety warning device

    LIU YUGUO / LYU ZENGBO / ZHANG ZHONGXIU et al. | European Patent Office | 2022

    Free access

    Highway construction safety early warning system

    HAN LIZHONG / WU XUEBO / WANG XINGXUAN | European Patent Office | 2024

    Free access

    Highway maintenance safety early warning system and method

    LI YANGLONG / SHI YONG / GUO ZIJING et al. | European Patent Office | 2023

    Free access