NTL Catalog Record

Printable View

Title	Recommendations for Highway Construction, Maintenance, and Service Equipment Warning Lights and Pavement Data Collection System Safety
Record ID	12334
Personal Name Creator	Ullman, Gerald; Ragsdale, John; Chaudhary, Nadeem
Corporate Contributor	Texas Department of Transportation
Publisher	Texas A & M University
Publication Date	19981000
Abstract	This report presents the recommendations to improve the vehicle and equipment warning light policy for the Texas Department of Transportation, and improve the safety of the Departments pavement data collection activities. Research efforts include a nationwide 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. References. 45p.
TRT Terms	Pavement management systems ; Data collection ; Highway safety ; Special purpose vehicles
General Subjects	Pavement data collection operations; Vehicle warning lights
Classification	NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - Pavement Management and Performance; NTL - OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS - OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS; NTL - OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS - Traffic Control Devices
Geographical Coverage	Texas
TRIS Online Accession No	00762954
Resource type	Research Paper
URL	http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/12000/12300/12334/3972-s.pdf
Format	PDF
Language:	English
Database	NTL Digital Repository

TRIS is a bibliographic database funded by sponsors of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), primarily the state departments of transportation and selected federal transportation agencies. TRIS Online is hosted by the National Transportation Library under a cooperative agreement between the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and TRB.