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This new standard requires

tokmik — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:45:38 -0600

This new standard requires the use of high visibility clothing (as defined by ANSI/ISEA 107 standard) when working in the right-of-way on federal-aid highways. home security systems

Unless traffic is backed up

jasonla — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:20:16 -0500

Unless traffic is backed up people rarely take caution around road construction at least on the highways local streets i think drivers are more considerate but not at all on highways. Those construction guys in aviator sunglasses should be carrying speed cameras sending the tape to the cops so people get tickets for speeding in construction zones.

Its very good of you to

rabq — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:32:35 -0500

Its very good of you to think wisely and talk about alternatives
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Complying with the New FHWA Regulation on High Vis Garments

LMcCluskey — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:46:51 -0500

Sept. 4, the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse held a free informational session on the new FHWA regulation that takes effect November 24, 2008. This new standard requires the use of high visibility clothing (as defined by ANSI/ISEA 107 standard) when working in the right-of-way on federal-aid highways. Speakers were be Hari Kalla, MUTCD Team Leader for FHWA’s Office of Operations and Janice Bradley, Technical Director of the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA). We welcome your questions and feedback on this topic. The video of this webinar will be available on our sites video vault http://wzsafety.tamu.edu/video/webinars/upcoming_webinars

speed monitoring/enforcement

iconeproducts — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:57:11 -0500

I can only speak to my small area of work-zone safety. We, at iCone Products, came into being because of concerns at NYSDOT over the cost of using patrol cars to provide speed monitoring at all work-zones. There just aren't enough officers to cover a significant number of work-zones. NYSDOT backed us in creating the iCone, an autonomous speed monitor that can be tracked by the law enforcement dispatcher, just so that speed monitoring could be affordably provided at all WZ's. So far this looks like a good compromise that allows strategic use of the limited number of available patrol cars.

Webinar on FHWA Final Rule on Temp Traffic Control Devices

LMcCluskey — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:26:18 -0500

Understanding the New FHWA Final Rule on Temporary Traffic Control Devices (Subpart K- this presentation and video are now available on www.workzonesafety.org at http://wzsafety.tamu.edu/node/8802. On June 26 over 500 people viewed this informative webinar live. If you were unable to attend or would like to review the presentaton the video and slides are now available online for viewing at any time. We also encourage you to post your questions about this subject and comments about this webinar in this forum. Our presenter Mr. Eng and other safety experts will respond to your questions. We look forward to hearing from you.

Risk while placing cones

centreville — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:41:03 -0500

I'm not sure if we are free to speak in this forum, but if we are... There have been some major achievements made by companies (including ours) in developing machines to automate placement and pick up of traffic cones. This was done to eliminate the need for workers to be on the back of a truck while working with cones- arguably a dangerous job. We have found that there is no real standardization for cones vs barrels or channelizers as one travels from state to state, or even different processes within a state. Automation requires standards. For instance, using barrels to form a taper, then using cones for a straight line run would require two different types of machines, one for barrels, the other for cones. The end result is that an automatic machine that is much safer than using a human may be unuseable in a state merely because of the rules implemented by that state. Perhaps Federal (or state) standards can be made with automation in mind. Another challenge is to stadardize devices used in the road. It is not unusual to find numerous brands of 28" cones, all in compliance with the MUTCD, but the dimensions of the cone taper or base can vary quite a bit. This may wreak havoc in an automatic device. If we want to increase safety by removing as many workers from harms way, and to replace that risk with some type of machinery, standardization is a must.