Thursday, August 23, 2012
Safety for Construction Zone Workers
By Jessie Mccafferty
Statistics indicate that most construction area accidents that involve moving traffic occur in the transition zoneâ€"the space where autos are transitioning from the highway's regular speed to the lower speed of the zone. Regularly, lanes end somewhere in this section, they detour from their normal route or they narrow, all leading in to the particular part of the area where most workers are present.
When drivers don't slow down, any sudden stops required because of closed lanes or changes are hard to manage. Accidents are hardly ever caused by road workers being in the way, but being in the place an automobile curves to miss another vehicle. This is a big factor in the number of accidents involving construction staff, especially the lethal accidents.
Radar speed signs have been demonstrated to reduce speeds wherever they're used, including construction zones. But even aside from their capability, though driver feedback, to slow traffic, they offer another benefit. Distracted drivers may see the LED lights of the sign much more easily than they'll notice a static sign.
Someone looking down at a phone to text or read isn't going to have her attention drawn by a regular speed limit or construction warning sign she passes. An indicator with lights may catch her notice, though, especially if it's flashing when a driver's speed goes in excess of whatever limit it's programmed for.
So these can not only signs draw a distracted or exhausted driver's attention, they offer feedback that has been proven to slow most drivers, even if they're not speeding. When you install such a sign at the beginning of a transition zone, it has the ability to slow traffic by several MPH. If you consider the advantages of getting drivers to concentrate and slow down in the most perilous part of a construction area for employees, the acquisition of these signs is an insignificant price to pay.
When drivers don't slow down, any sudden stops required because of closed lanes or changes are hard to manage. Accidents are hardly ever caused by road workers being in the way, but being in the place an automobile curves to miss another vehicle. This is a big factor in the number of accidents involving construction staff, especially the lethal accidents.
Radar speed signs have been demonstrated to reduce speeds wherever they're used, including construction zones. But even aside from their capability, though driver feedback, to slow traffic, they offer another benefit. Distracted drivers may see the LED lights of the sign much more easily than they'll notice a static sign.
Someone looking down at a phone to text or read isn't going to have her attention drawn by a regular speed limit or construction warning sign she passes. An indicator with lights may catch her notice, though, especially if it's flashing when a driver's speed goes in excess of whatever limit it's programmed for.
So these can not only signs draw a distracted or exhausted driver's attention, they offer feedback that has been proven to slow most drivers, even if they're not speeding. When you install such a sign at the beginning of a transition zone, it has the ability to slow traffic by several MPH. If you consider the advantages of getting drivers to concentrate and slow down in the most perilous part of a construction area for employees, the acquisition of these signs is an insignificant price to pay.
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