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6/10/2013 1 Getting the Least 'Bang‘ for Your Buck Low Cost Ideas to Improve Safety Along Your Highways David P. Orr, PE Crashes vs. Accidents O Crashes O Probability O Severity O Exposure Probability Severity Exposure Traffic 3 28% 59% 6% 3 1 3%

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6/10/2013

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Getting the Least 'Bang‘ for Your Buck 

Low Cost Ideas to Improve Safety Along Your Highways

David P. Orr, PE

Crashes vs. Accidents

O Crashes

O Probability

O Severity

O Exposure

Probability Severity

Exposure Traffic

3

28%

59%

6%31

3%

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Human Factors

O Expectation

O Attention

O Vision

ExpectationExpectation

Vision

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Stopping Sight Distance

O Perception reaction distance

O Stopping distance

Less ‘Bang’ for the Buck

Cell Phone & Texting

Slow Down in Winter

Roadway Condition

Slow down vs. 55 mph (wet)

Slush 39Loose Snow 33Snow Pack 28

Wet ice 25 or less!

Count the Workers

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Wear Those Vest!

Advanced SignsStand in a Visible Location

Give a Buffer

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Different Color for Flagger

Sign Corners

Add Stop Bars Intersection Signs

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Intersection Signs Edge Drop Offs

Repair Edge Drop Offs & Widen Curves Make Signs Breakaway

Resources

O Highway Safety Manual, AASHTOO Roadway Safety Fundamentals, CLRPO Traffic Sign Handbook, CLRPO Low-Cost Treatments for Horizontal Curve Safety, FHWAO Low Cost Local Road Safety Solutions, ATSSAO NCHRP 321 - Roadway Safety Tools for Local AgenciesO Non-Motorized User Safety, FHWAO Intersection Safety, FHWAO Roadway Departure Safety, FHWAO Road Safety Information Analysis, FHWAO FARS, www-fars.nhtsa.dot.govO One Step from Death, Iowa DOTO Work Zone PSA, NC DOTO National MUTCD, FHWA and othersO NYS Supplement to the National MUTCD, NYSDOT

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Be Safe Out There!

David P. Orr, PE