INTERSECTIONS CHAPTER 10

THE BASICS ROADS MEET OR CROSS MOST HAVE TRAFFIC-CONTROL BE IN THE CORRECT POSITION IN THE PROPER LANE ADJUST SPEED AS YOU APPROACH

MANAGING VTS DIFFERENT DESIGNS AND CONTROLS SCAN CORNERS FOR SIGNS, SIGNALS, MARKINGS, OTHER USERS FROM STOP, YOU NEED 6 SECONDS TO CROSS A 30 FT. INTERSECTION WITH TRAFFIC AT 30 MPH, BUT WAIT FOR 8. JUDGE THE GAP TO CROSS CHECK THE TOLL PLAZA ON PG 211

TYPES SIGNED: FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS THAT ARE GIVEN. WATCH OTHERS. T-INTERSECTIONS:GIVE WAY TO RIGHT DOES NOT APPLY HERE. 4-WAY:PROCEED THROUGH IN ORDER THAT YOU STOPPED, OTHERWISE GIVE WAY TO DRIVER ON RIGHT.

DRIVING THROUGH A RR CROSSING AS YOU APPROACH, SLOW DOWN AND LOOK FOR WARNING LIGHTS AND A TRAIN STOP NO CLOSER THAN 15 FT. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO STOP ON TRACKS WAIT FOR VEHICLE AHEAD TO CLEAR TRACKS IF YOUR VEHICLE IS STUCK ON TRACKS, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!

ROUNDABOUTS ALL TRAFFIC IS ROUTED IN SAME DIRECTION AROUND A CIRCLE. TRAFFIC MOVES COUNTERCLOCKWISE “ONE-WAY” SIGN POSTED IN THE MIDDLE SPEED SHOULD BE UNDER 20 MPH SEE PG 216

COMPLEX INTERSECTIONS TWO MAJOR ROADWAYS CROSS PATHS FIVE OR MORE LANES IN 1 DIRECTION AT LEAST 64 INTERSECTING POINTS FOR VEHICLES TO MAKE CONTACT.

SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ALMOST 1 MILLION CRASHES WITH INJURIES. 44 % OF ALL CRASHES 23 % OF FATALITIES, MOST INVOLVING ELDERLY ESTIMATED $40 BILLION IN COSTS DUE TO CRASHES. SIDE IMPACT, REAR-END, PEDESTRIANS, ELDERLY

COMMUNICATING INTENTIONS: THE PLANNING STAGE WARNINGS PRESENCE: PARKED OR DISABLED VEHICLE FEEDBACK: ACTUAL CONTACT WITH ANOTHER DRIVER; HAND GESTURE HOW TO COMMUNICATE: SIGNALS AND BODY GESTURES

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ALWAYS WATCH FOR THEM DISABILITIES ALWAYS YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY THEY DON’T ALWAYS ACT AS EXPECTED

L AND R TURN LANES SPECIALLY MARKED LANES MAY BE MORE THAN ONE USUALLY CONTROLLED BY A TURN SIGNALS

INTERCHANGES A MAJOR FREEWAY CROSSES ANOTHER ROAD THROUGH LANES: CONTINUE STRAIGHT THROUGH, NOT MUCH ADJUSTMENT NEEDED SPEED-CHANGE LANES: SOMETIMES CALLED AC(DE)CELERATION LANES RAMPS:DESIGNED FOR 25-45 MPH

TYPES OF INTERCHANGES SEE PAGE 221 DIAMOND:LOW TRAFFIC INTERCHANGES CLOVERLEAF: USED WHEN FREEWAY INTERSECTS A BUSY SURFACE STREET, ALLOWS NON STOP ACCESS TRUMPET:ONE FREEWAY ENDS AT ANOTHER