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Federal Highway Administration Revises Rules to Make Highways Safer

As part of his continuing effort to improve safety on the nation’s roads and bridges, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today released a comprehensive update to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The manual, which has been administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) since 1971, sets the standards for road safety throughout the country.

“Safety is this Department’s top priority,” said Secretary LaHood. “These new and updated standards will help make our nation’s roads and bridges safer for drivers, construction workers and pedestrians alike.”

The MUTCD is the national standard for all traffic control devices, including traffic signs, pavement markings, signals and any other devices used to regulate, warn or guide traffic. Ensuring uniformity of traffic control devices across the nation – from their messages and placement to their sizes, shapes and colors – helps to...

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Welcome to RoadVista, your source for the world's most comprehensive range of highway-safety measurement instrumentation. While the name RoadVista may be new to you, the companies that combined to create RoadVista are among the most trusted names in highway safety: Gamma Scientific and Advanced Retro Technology. Each brings to RoadVista over three decades of leadership, innovation and exemplary customer service in the highway-safety field.

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Gamma Scientific and Advanced Retro Technology forged their leadership positions in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration and through active membership in ASTM, ASHTO, ITE and other organizations associated with the measurement of retroreflective materials. The unique union of precision laboratory measurements, design expertise, manufacturing capability and commitment to highway safety places RoadVista as the premier supplier of retroreflective measurement equipment.

Moreover, RoadVista sets the standard in retroreflectometer accuracy, repeatability and uncertainty. In fact, only RoadVista retroreflectometers are directly traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce’s Technology Administration. Of course, our instruments adhere to a complete range of ASTM standards as well.

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