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Fundamentals of Traffic Management Flashcards

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It is an executive functions such as planning, organizing, directing and supervising, coordinating operating recording and budgeting traffic affairs.

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Traffic Management

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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.

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Traffic

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It was derived from the word “trafficare” which means “to carry on trade”

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Traffic

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Skillful use of means to accomplish a purpose.

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Management

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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.

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Traffic way

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Part of traffic way over which motor vehicle pass.

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Roadway

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Either side of the roadway.

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Shoulder

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It is the science of measuring traffic and travel and the study of basic laws relative to the traffic flow and generation.

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Traffic Engineering

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A sign usually made of a metal plate in a conspicuous location beside a road.

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Traffic road sign

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Danger warning sign also known as?

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Caution signs

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These signs are intended to give caution for approaching road hazards.

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Danger warning sign

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These signs have equilateral triangular shape with one side horizontal and having red borders, black markings and white background.

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Danger warning sign

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These are intended to give the road users of special obligation, restrictions or prohibition with which they must comply.

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Regulatory Signs

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These signs are ROUND and some are INVERTED TRIANGLE, it have red border, white background, black markings.

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Regulatory signs

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These are signs intended to regulate priority over a particular road selection or roadway intersection.

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Priority signs

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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.

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Prohibitory signs

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These signs are intended to guide road users of special rules in which they must comply for the safety.

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Mandatory signs

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Informative signs also known as?

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Guide signs or Direction signs

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These signs are modified signs that actually give directional instructions for the driver to take.

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Informative signs

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Are rectangular in shape with white markings and blue background.

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Informative signs

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These are lines, patterns, words, colors set into surface to the roadway, officially placed for the purpose of regulating, warning, or traffic control.

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Pavements markings

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It show the frontier between two province, municipalities of countries or for the purpose of showing the beginning and end of built up areas.

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Place Identification Signs

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It is used to separate traffic when located in a two-way multiple lane road.

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Solid white line in the center

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This divides any road into a right and left hand side so cars won’t go in the same direction on the same lane.

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Solid white line in the center

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Overtaking on this line is allowed because it is broken.

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Broken white center line

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If this seen on the road that will allow overtaking n the side of a broken line.

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Mixed center line with broken white or yellow line

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Refers to any power operated traffic control device which traffic is warned or directed to take some specific actions.

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Traffc lights

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Used to control traffic at junctions and also to stop traffic to provide safe crossing points for pedestrians and cyclist.

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Traffic lights

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Developed the first world electric traffic lights in 1912 in Salt lake city, Utah USA.

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Lester wire

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These are the elevated areas located at some part of the roadway.

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Traffic Island

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These are areas within the roadway constructed in a manner to establish physical channels through which vehicular traffic is guided.

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Traffic island

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These are constructed primarily to divide the streams of the motor vehicles.

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Division Island

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These are constructed to channelize or direct the flow of traffic.

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Channelizing Island

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Creates a circular flow in one direction which is found in intersection that has a circular central island.

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Rotary Island

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These are constructed between the pedestrian sidewalk and the road pavement to prevent motor vehicles from using the sidewalk for parking and passing purposes.

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Pedestrian Island

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Means the right to proceed ahead of another vehicle or pedestrian.

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Right of way

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The process of giving training and travel and practice in the actual application of traffic safety knowledge.

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Traffic Education

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Places the student into real life of driving situations from the beginning.

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Comprehensive

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Type of instruction depends on instructor student communication.

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Traditional Instruction

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Student driver accompanied by an instructor while giving his comment.

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Commentary driving method

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Static machine with all the important features of a car used in driving method/training.

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Simulator

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Are mass publicity aimed to make road users behave more safely.

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Safety Campaigns

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Is a theory which asserts that a man exhibits constant variation of life, energy and mood states.

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Biorhythm

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It deals mostly on the implementation and enforcement of traffic laws and rules and regulations.

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Traffic Enforcement

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A person who is duly deputized by an agency of govt. authorized by law to enforce traffic laws, rules and regulations.

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Traffic Law Enforcer

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The basis of all traffic enforcement.

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Traffic laws

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Wholly police responsibility and entail looking for defects in the behavior of motorists, pedestrians, vehicles equipment and roadway condition.

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Detection

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Wholly a police responsibility where the police is required to take action at once to prevent continued and future violation.

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Apprehension

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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.

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Prosecution

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The police provides influence on this step by acting as a witness to the prosecution or supplying additional evidence.

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Adjudication

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This step determines the guild or innocence of the accused.

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Adjudication

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Consists of legislation, police and the courts.

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Enforcement system

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Includes pedestrians, pedal cyclists, drivers, passengers and other.

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Road user system

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Consists of the entire road and vehicle complex.

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The traffic system

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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.

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Traffic Arrest

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A means of having violators appear in court without physical arrest.

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Traffic Citation

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An enforcement action which does not contemplate possible assessment of penalty by the court or otherwise as a result of warning alone.

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Traffic Warning

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Telling the violator that he has violated the law and explain the hazards of such actions.

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Verbal Warning

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Are usually used when you have observed a minor violation, the traffic enforcer only uses a gesture of his hand and/or of the head to give the warning.

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Visual Warning

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Combination of verbal warning and citations.

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Written Warning

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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.

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Traffic ecology/environment

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It deals with the benefits and adverse effects of traffic to our economy.

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Traffic economy

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Lacks of roads, bridges, traffic facilities, rail road, etc.

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Physical Inadequacy

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Ineffective mechanical control devices, inefficient traffic enforcers, poor implementation of traffic laws, rules and regulations.

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Poor control measure

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Slow drivers or poor driving habits, pedestrian mistakes, officer’s error etc.

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Human Errors

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Unrepaired digging, unfinished road pavement because of inappropriate budget.

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Poor maintenance

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Part of police traffic supervision which consist of driving and walking here and therein 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.

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Traffic Patrol

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Is a moving patrol or stationary observation on a specified road between two points usually on one city street or a section of a highway.

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Line patrol

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Is a moving patrol or stationary observation in an area or beat which includes a number of streets, roads or a sections on a highway.

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Area Patrol

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It is a traffic observation at a selected place.

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Stationary Traffic Observation

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Observer remains in full view of traffic conditions.

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Conspicuous Traffic observation

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It is a stationary in which the observer is in full view but located.

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Visible Traffic Observation

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It is a stationary observation in which the observer is not visible to the public.

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Conceal traffic observation

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