One out of every 84 children born today will die violently in a motor vehicle crash, while six out of every ten children will be injured in a motor vehicle crash over the course of their lives, many … [Read more...] about AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan: A Comprehensive Plan to Substantially Reduce Vehicle-Related Fatalities and Injuries on the Nation’s Highways
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
California’s Work Zone Enforcement Experience
This article describes the cooperative efforts between the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to mitigate the adverse impacts of work zones … [Read more...] about California’s Work Zone Enforcement Experience
Short Term Pavement Markings
This resolution "requests that the Federal Highway Administration review and/or revise the current [short-term pavement marking] regulation." AASHTO's recommendations cover lanes lines, center lines … [Read more...] about Short Term Pavement Markings
Illinois Takes Work Zone Safety to Heart – with Help of Workers’ Kids
Illinois drivers are getting an important message these days from an authority they can trust - kids. Illinois Department of Transportation officials, watching death tolls rise in state work zones, … [Read more...] about Illinois Takes Work Zone Safety to Heart – with Help of Workers’ Kids
Cops in Orange Vests, Hard Hats Carry Out Work-Zone Speeder Sting
A cadre of cops in camouflage - dressed in the hard hats and orange safety garb of work-zone crews - delivered 88 speeding tickets in less than four hours along a stretch of Florida interstate … [Read more...] about Cops in Orange Vests, Hard Hats Carry Out Work-Zone Speeder Sting
Record Work Zone Fatalities Recorded in 2001
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) this week released statistics showing there were 1,079 people killed in work-zone-related vehicle wrecks in the year 2001 - a record. "We … [Read more...] about Record Work Zone Fatalities Recorded in 2001