
SafeCurves: Interventions
Enhance curve safety with warning signs and advisory speed plaques.
Deliver consistent, uniform signage compliant with Federal standards
SafeCurves: Interventions provides road safety professionals with an organized and targeted approach to determining advisory speeds and signage for all curves. Utilizing FHWA procedures and the 11th Edition of the MUTCD standards for horizontal alignment sign selection and placement, SafeCurves: Interventions ensures a systematic and consistent application of advisory speeds and signs, enhancing road safety across your entire network.
Simplifying the delivery of effective and compliant treatments
Consistent and accurate advisory speeds increase driver compliance and reduce loss of control crashes.
Uniform signage builds driver trust and improves the efficacy of warning signs and advisory speeds.
The streamlined process for determining and applying advisory speeds and signage enables network-wide analysis and implementation, saving time and resources compared to traditional methods.
Provides a comprehensive dataset to inform road safety strategies and maintenance programs.
Resolve Alignment Sign Challenges with SafeCurves: Interventions
SafeCurves: Interventions enables road agencies to deliver consistent, uniform signage, enhancing driver trust and improving the effectiveness of curve treatments.
Design road safety countermeasures effectively
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Applies MUTCD standards for horizontal alignment sign selection and placement, and FHWA procedures for appropriate advisory speed plaques.
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Recommends advisory required, recommended and optional signs, as well as chevrons, to eliminate erroneous signs.
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Assesses the adequacy of overtaking sight distances to ensure safe overtaking of slower vehicles.
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Identifies sections of the road with low overtaking opportunities and recommends increasing sight distances or introducing passing lanes.
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Identifies horizontal obstructions, such as bridge piers or vegetation, that restrict forward visibility on curves.
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Provides data on locations where stopping sight distance is inadequate.
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