2nd Video Discussion Flashcards
skillful use of means to accomplish a purpose.
Management
- It is an executive function such as planning,
organizing, directing and supervising,
coordinating, operating, recording and budgeting traffic affairs
Traffic Management
- refers to the movement of person, goods or
vehicle, either thru foot, powered by combustion system or thru animal drawn from one place to another for the purpose of travel.
Traffic
- The word traffic was derived from the word
“trafficare” which means “to carry on trade”.
Traffic
- entire width between boundary lines of every way or place of which any part is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic as a matter of right or custom
Traffic Way
- part of traffic way over which motor vehicle pass.
Roadway
- either side of the roadway
Shoulder
THE FIVE PILLARS OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ARE?
- Traffic Engineering
- Traffic Education
- Traffic Enforcement
- Traffic Ecology/Environment
- Traffic Economy
- It is the science of measuring traffic and travel and the study of the basic laws relative to the traffic flow and generation, and application of this knowledge to the professional practice of planning, and the operating traffic systems to achieve safe and efficient movement of persons and goods.
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
Function of Traffic Engineering
are?
- Fact finding survey and recommendation of traffic
rules and regulations. - Supervising and maintenance to the application of traffic control devices.
- Planning of traffic regulations.
Types of traffic control devices:
- Traffic Road Signs
- Pavement Markings
- Traffic Lights
- Traffic Island
A sign usually made of a metal plate in a
conspicuous location (kitang kit ana part ng
daaaan) beside a road whereby a message is
conveyed by means of words or symbols
officially installed for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic
TRAFFIC ROAD SIGNS
It is also known as “caution signs”. These signs are intended to give caution for approaching road hazards. These signs have equilateral triangular shape with one side horizontal and having red borders, black markings and white background
DANGER WARNING SIGNS
CLASSIFICATION OF TRAFFIC SIGN:
DANGER WARNING SIGNS
REGULATORY SIGNS
INFORMATIVE SIGNS
– These are intended to give the road users of special
obligation, restrictions or prohibition with which they must comply. These signs are Round and some are Inverted Triangle, it have Red border, white background, black markings
REGULATORY SIGNS
Three Categories of Regulatory Sign are?
Priority signs
Prohibitory signs
Mandatory signs
– these are signs intended to regulate priority over a particular road section or roadway intersection.
Priority signs
– these signs can be used on
specified section of the road which will be easily see by motorist to indicate regulation which is prohibitive or restrictive in nature.
Prohibitory signs
– these signs are intended to guide road users of special rules in which they must comply for their safety.
Mandatory signs
also known as “guide signs” or “direction signs”.
These signs are modified signs that actually give directional instructions for the driver to take. Informative signs are Rectangular in shape with white markings and blue background.
INFORMATIVE SIGNS
– It show the frontier between two province, municipalities of countries or for the purpose of showing the beginning and end of built-up areas.
Place Identification Signs
These are lines, patterns, words, colors set into
surface to the roadway, officially placed for the purpose of regulating, warning, or traffic control.
- PAVEMENT MARKINGS
o Are white lines separating lanes of traffic
moving in the same direction.
o Crossing of solid white line is
discouraged
- Single white continuous line
o A solid broken white line means passing
to the right or left is allowed provided
that the way is clear.
Single white dotted line
o Passing is permitted on the side of the
broken line but not on the side of the solid
line.
- Broken and solid yellow lines
o It indicates directions of permitted traffic
way.
Directional arrows
- Refers to any power operated traffic control
device which traffic is warned or directed to take some specific actions.
TRAFFIC LIGHTS
- Developed the first world electric traffic lights in 1912 in Salt Lake City, Utah USA.
Lester Wire
- these are the elevated areas located at some part of the roadway. These are areas within the roadway constructed in a manner to establish physical channels through which vehicular traffic is guided.
TRAFFIC ISLAND
4 Classifications of Traffic Island
- Division Island
- Channelizing Island
- Rotary Island
- Pedestrian Island
- These are constructed primarily to divide the streams of the motor vehicles.
DIVISION ISLAND
- These are constructed to channelize or direct the flow of traffic.
CHANNELIZING ISLAND
– creates a circular flow in one direction which is found in intersection that has a circular central island
ROTARY ISLAND
- These are constructed between the pedestrian sidewalk and the road pavement
to prevent motor vehicles from using the sidewalk for
parking and passing purposes.
PEDESTRIAN ISLAND
Hierarchy of Traffic Control
Traffic Control Officer
Traffic Signal Light
Traffic Sign
Pavement Markings
Right-of-Way Rules
– means the right to proceed ahead of
another vehicle or pedestrian
Right of way
- The process of giving training and travel and practice in the actual application of traffic safety
knowledge.
TRAFFIC EDUCATION
BASIC TYPES OF DRIVING INSTRUCTION
METHODS:
COMPREHENSIVE
TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTION
COMMENTARY DRIVING METHOD
SIMULATED CONDITIONS
SIMULATOR
- places the student into real life of driving
situations from the beginning.
COMPREHENSIVE
- type of instruction depends on instructor-student communication.
TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTION
- student-driver accompanied by an instructor while giving his comment
COMMENTARY DRIVING METHOD
- the premise of simulated conditions training is
that the behavior of the driver – subject placed in condition will be relatively analogous to normal behavior.
also known as “OFF THE ROAD”
SIMULATED CONDITIONS
– static machine with all the important features of a car used in driving method/training.
SIMULATOR
are mass publicity aimed to make road users behave more safely. These basically focus on public information attitudes, and particular or specific behavior or combinations of these.
it is also known as “ROAD PROPAGANDA”.
Safety campaigns
It deals mostly on the implementation and
enforcement of traffic laws and rules and
regulations.
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
- A person who is duly deputized by an agency of government authorized by law to enforce traffic laws, rules and regulations.
Traffic Law Enforcer
– the basis of all traffic enforcement
Traffic Laws
Main Agencies Responsible in Traffic Enforcement
- Land Transportation Office
- Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board
- Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC)
- Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
- it is created under RA 7924. - Philippine National Police
Functions of Police and Court Traffic Enforcement:
Police Traffic Law Enforcemen
Court Traffic Law Enforcement
The part of traffic enforcement performed by the police and other agencies with police power including deterrent to law violation created by the presence of uniformed police officer and their special equipment, special assistance to court and prosecutors and incidental service to highway users.
Police Traffic Law Enforcemen
The part of traffic law enforcement performed by the court by adjudication and penalization.
Court Traffic Law Enforcement
Five Essential Steps in Police Court Enforcement Process:
Detection
Apprehension
Prosecution
Adjudication
Penalization
wholly police responsibility and entail looking
for defects in the behavior of motorist, pedestrians, vehicles equipment and roadway
condition. Requires knowledge on law on the part of the police.
Detection
- wholly a police responsibility where the police is required to take action at once to prevent continued and future violation.
Apprehension
- While this is a court function, the police also provides corresponding influence through
preparation and introduction of evidence or close contact with the prosecution officer
Prosecution
- While is obviously a court function, the police provides influence on this step by acting as a witness to the prosecution or supplying additional evidence. This step determines the guilt or innocence of the accused
Adjudication
- The court imposes the penalty upon the accused.
The penalty is greatly influenced by previous records of conviction as provided by the police.
Penalization
Three (3) Major Elements of Traffic Enforcement System
- Enforcement system
- Road-user system
- The traffic system
consists of the entire road and
vehicle complex
- The traffic system
includes pedestrians, pedal cyclists, drivers, passengers and other
- Road-user system
– consists of legislation, police and the courts. Legislation defines and specifies correct or incorrect road user behavior. Police and the courts is charged with the responsibility of insuring that these are adhered to.
- Enforcement system
Kinds of Traffic Enforcement Action
- Traffic arrest
- Traffic citation
- Traffic warning
- is an enforcement action which consists of taking a person into custody for the purpose of holding or detaining him to answer a charge of law violation before a court.
- TRAFFIC ARREST
Types of traffic citation
a. Temporary operator’s permit (TOP)
b. Traffic violators receipt (TVR)
c. Ordinance violators receipt (OVR)
shall be used in apprehension of all
violations and it is strictly required to be issued to the apprehended driver/operator at the site and
time of apprehension.
- Validity: 72hrs upon its issuance
a. Temporary operator’s permit (TOP)
- used exclusively in Metro Manila..
- Validity: 72hrs upon its issuance
Traffic violators receipt (TVR)
traffic citation that is used in the enforcement traffic management measures. The city and municipal traffic ordinances MTRB in case of Manila, local gov’t officer.
- Jurisdiction: among agency, local gov’t
- Validity: 5 days upon its issuance (RA 7160)
c. Ordinance violators receipt (OVR)
- an enforcement action which does not
contemplate possible assessment of penalty by the court or otherwise as a result of warning alone
TRAFFIC WARNING
Types of Traffic Warning
a. Visual warning
b. Verbal warning
c. Written warning
- are usually used when you have observed a minor violation, the traffic enforcer only uses gesture of his hand and/or of the head to give the warning.
(senyas lang)
Visual warning
- telling the violator that he has violated the law
and explain the hazards of such actions.
(pinagsabihan ka)
Verbal warning
- combination of verbal warning and citations. It
gives the spirit of verbal warning and the form of citation.
c. Written warning
- It is the study of dealing with potentially
disastrous population explosion, changes in urban environment due to the scale and density of a new urban concentration and new activities carried out, air pollution, water pollution and crowding, especially transport congestion which result therein.
TRAFFIC ECOLOGY/ENVIRONMENT
- It deals with the benefits and adverse effects of traffic to our economy.
TRAFFIC ECONOMY
CAUSES OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION:
a. Physical inadequacy
b. Poor control measure
c. Human errors
d. Poor maintenance
lack of roads, bridges, traffic facilities, rail road, etc.
a. Physical inadequacy
ineffective mechanical control devices,
inefficient traffic enforcers, poor implementation of traffic laws, rules and regulations.
b. Poor control measure
slow drivers or poor driving habits, pedestrian mistakes, officers’ error etc.
c. Human errors
- unrepaired digging, unfinished road pavement because of inappropriate budget
Poor maintenance
- Part of police traffic supervision which consist of driving and walking here and there in an area or
to and from on a road for the purpose of traffic law enforcement and to provide traffic connected service to the public.
Traffic Patrol
Types of Traffic Patrol:
- Line Patrol
- Area Patrol
- is a moving patrol or stationary patrol observation in an area or beat which includes a number of streets, roads or a sections on a highway
Area Patrol
- it is a traffic observation at a selected place, usually one with an unfavorable accident
experience or traffic flow problem, for traffic law enforcement purposes and to detect violations of to deter possible violators.
Stationary Traffic Observation
Types of Stationary observation
- Conspicuous Traffic Observation
- Visible Traffic Observation
- Conceal Traffic Observation
- Observer remains in full view of traffic
conditions
Conspicuous Traffic Observation
- it is a stationary in which the observer is in full view but located.
Visible Traffic Observation
- it is a stationary observation in which the
observer is not visible to the public.
Conceal Traffic Observation
- it is a stationary observation in which the
observer is not visible to the public.
Conceal Traffic Observation
