Training Safety TipCone Placement – Advanced Warning

Training Safety Tip

Cone Placement – Advance WarningFDOT Design Standards for Design, Construction, Maintenance and Utility Operations on the State Highway System – January 2004 – Topic No. 625-010-003Index 600 page 7 “Dropoff Notes” in work zones Note 4 sections A & B.Warning device spacing shall be as follows:• On Taper - Maximum spacing between cones or tubular markers shall be 25’.

2009 Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) states:• For traffic incidents, particularly those of an emergency nature, temporary

traffic control (TTC) devices on hand may be used for the initial response as long as they do not themselves create unnecessary additional hazards.