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How often do you exceed the speed limit on the five streets and roads you drive on the most? How about the top ten? When drivers are familiar with an area, speed limit signs and other traffic co ...
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Wrong-way driving continues to threaten roadway safety across North America and beyond, causing over 1,700 fatalities in 2018 in the U.S. alone, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Ad ...
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The average over-the-road commercial truck driver spends 56 minutes a day searching for available parking, costing them approximately $4,600 per year in lost wages, according to the American Trans ...
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Standards for traffic sign sizes are established by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The MUTCD contains specifications for every aspect of traffic safety signs, from their si ...
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Traffic signs have come a long way since the early 20th century, when stop signs were mostly yellow and federal regulations were minimal. Not only do traffic signs look very different today, th ...
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High winds and hail. Blowing and plowed snow. Impacts from vehicles and falling rocks. Clearly, traffic signs are put through a lot each year, especially in high traffic areas, mountainous passe ...
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Speeding is a contributing factor in a staggering 26 percent of all traffic fatalities. Unsurprisingly, increasing speed awareness and slowing down drivers have been proven to shrink that number ...
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“Any [transportation] fatality is just unacceptable… It’s ‘how do we get there?’ that’s the issue.” That’s how Russ Holt, Principal Civil Engine ...
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Everyone knows texting while driving is extremely dangerous — and we can rattle off a bunch of stats in support of it, like: Using a cellphone quadruples the risk of crashing and the avera ...
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Every day, drivers across the country blow past traffic signs, sending bolts of panic through other drivers — and even ending lives. The culprit in these all-too-common accidents is often ...
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You're driving home on a dark highway late one summer night when headlights suddenly blind your line of sight. A wrong-way driver comes speeding toward you. Your heart pumps frantically as yo ...
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As seen in the IMSA Journal, July/August 2016 EditionIn our quest to make roads safer for motorists and pedestrians, LED-enhanced signs are being used to draw attention and deliver messages at ...
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Crashes involving wrong-way drivers in the United States are well-documented. Stories of tragedies fill our newsfeeds and televisions practically every day. So it should come as no surprise 3 ...
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A retroreflectometer is the go-to instrument municipalities and highway departments depend on to measure the reflectivity of signs and markings on roadways — critical to maintaining safe t ...
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Did this past winter take a toll on your community’s traffic signs? Are you starting to notice dented signs and ugly bent poles at every turn? If you live in the northern half of the countr ...
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A key factor when customizing transportation technology is deciding whether the system will be AC or solar powered. The term "solar" may suggest an option that fits only considerably sunny areas ...
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TAPCO Launches New LegendViz™ Traffic Signs for Improved Nighttime Visibility Signs feature highly visible, LED-illuminated legend proven to increase sign legibility distance by as mu ...
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TAPCO Teams Up With HAAS Alert to Offer Safety Warnings to Drivers in Potential Danger Combining cutting-edge traffic technology with industry-leading digital alerts, TAPCO Announces ...
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