Traffic Safety News and Updates

Temporary Traffic Control Devices

The sort of traveling carnival that sets up in the parking lot of shopping mall is a great example of a scenario that warrants temporary traffic control: devices used to warn motorists, and pedestrians, of potential hazards and guide them safely. The carnival crew has to delineate areas where motorists can not operate as a result of their...

Warning Signs Used at Passive Railroad Crossings

Traffic Signs

Despite the name, "passive railroad crossings" are not crossings where the train slows so conductors can tip their hats. Passive railroad crossings are locations that do not have warning signs with flashing lights or devices that activate as a train approaches, like beacons or automatic gates. Typically, these are where the road and the train...

MUTCD Regulations on traffic control barricades, cones and drums

Work Zones

“Orange cones ahead. Looks like I’m going to have to change lanes.” That sums up the extent of the interaction between a motorist and a traffic cone. As it should be, as long as they’re obeying. It’s the work crews implementing those safety measures that need to understand there are MUTCD Regulations on traffic control barricades, cones and drums...

How to Improve Nighttime Pedestrian Safety

Pedestrian Safety

Nighttime has the potential to be dangerous for anybody on the road, but it's particularly dangerous for pedestrians. The NHTSA also estimates that 76% of pedestrian traffic deaths in 2020 occurred during dark lighting conditions.A vast majority of pedestrian accidents occur at night because pedestrians are more difficult to see, drivers may be...