Research for AASHTO Standing Committee on Highways. Task 358. Reducing Risks to Worker Safety in Work Zones Due to Distracted Drivers
A significant amount of research has investigated how distracted driving impacts an individual’s ability to drive or the impact of technology use on driver performance. The primary focus though has been on enforcement, education, and advocacy to reduce or eliminate use of technology while driving or operating a vehicle. Little research has been performed to investigate what states are doing to alert workers or distracted drivers of approaching hazards prior to the distracted driver’s vehicle entering work areas. The primary goal of this project is to develop a set of recommendations for the use of identified best practices used by transportation agencies (including the contracting community) to (1) alert distracted drivers to the presence of a work zone or maintenance moving operation; and (2) prevent them from hitting a moving work vehicle or intruding into a work zone.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $100000
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Contract Numbers:
Project 20-07, Task 358
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
444 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 225
Washington, DC United States 20001National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Transportation Research Board
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001 -
Project Managers:
Jared, David
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Performing Organizations:
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI)
400 Harvey Mitchell Parkway South
Suite 300
College Station, TX United States 77845-4375 -
Principal Investigators:
Theiss, LuAnn
- Start Date: 20210301
- Expected Completion Date: 20220901
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- Source Data: RiP Project 38173
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Best practices; Distraction; Occupational safety; Risk assessment; Road construction workers; Slow moving vehicles; Warning systems; Work zone safety; Work zone traffic control
- Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01547410
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
- Contract Numbers: Project 20-07, Task 358
- Files: TRB, RIP
- Created Date: Dec 9 2014 1:01AM