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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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Handheld Instruments: Model 930C for Signs & Sign Sheeting

The Model 930C Laboratory/Field Retroreflectometer provides a convenient, handheld way to inspect new retroreflective materials and signs as well as determine degradation resulting from weathering at many different observation and entrance angles. Its accuracy is more than adequate for over 90% of all field inspections.

The system includes three ranges of sensitivity, an entrance angle attachment and two sets of standards of all colors in engineering and high intensity types. The optical head observation angle is continuously adjustable from 0.2° to 2.0°. The light sensor meets the requirements of a match to the CIE standard human eye. A photometric filter fit allows accurate measurements of other colors when the 930C is standardized using the white calibration reference.

Power the system via the standard 110/220 VAC supply or the included DC battery pack. If field measurement is needed for high-mounted traffic signs, the Model 907-30 extension pole kit is recommended.

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