Research for AASHTO Standing Committee on Highways. Task 358. Reducing Risks to Worker Safety in Work Zones Due to Distracted Drivers

The objective of this project is to determine the best practices used by states or the contracting community to alert distracted drivers to the presence of a work zone or moving operation and to prevent them from hitting a moving work vehicle or intruding into a work zone.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=3738
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $100000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 20-07, Task

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 225
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Bush, Mark

• Start Date: 20141208
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 38173

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Distraction; Occupational safety; Risk assessment; Slow moving vehicles; Work zone safety; Work zone traffic control
• Subject Areas: 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
• Files: TRB, RiP
• Created Date: Dec 9 2014 1:01AM