The study has examined the effectiveness of Type C steady burn lights on drums marked with high intensity (Type G) reflective sheeting in tangent sections of highway construction work zones. The study was performed on three rural four-lane divided highways including a freeway where highway lightings were not present. The study was based on an examination of one hundred and thirty two (132) driver subjects who were asked to drive an instrumented car in the work zones during daytime, at nightime when steady burn lights were present on drums, and at nighttime when lights were absent. The lights were evaluated under dry, rainy, and foggy weather conditions. The study showed that steady burn lights on drums marked with high intensity reflective sheeting have little effect, if any, on driver behavior in tangent sections of rural divided highways.


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    Title :

    Evaluation of Steady Burn Lights for Traffic Control in Highway Work Zones


    Contributors:
    P. D. Pant (author) / Y. Park (author)

    Publication date :

    1989


    Size :

    97 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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