vid 2 Flashcards
- skillful use of means to accomplish a purpose.
Management
It is an executive functions 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
“Trafficare” means….
to carry on trade
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
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
A sign usually made of a metal plate in a conspicuous location 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 Sign
is also known as “caution signs”. These signs are intended to give caution for approashing road hazards.
Danger Warning signs
These are intended to give the road users of special obligation, restrictions or prohibition with which they must comply.
Regulatory 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 the safety.
Mandatory signs
- also known as “guide signs” or “direction signs. These signs that actually give directional instructions for the driver to take.
INFORMATIVE 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
- are white lines separating lanes of traffic moving in the same direction. Crossing of solid white line is discourage.
Single White Continuous Line
means passing to the left or right is allowed provided the way is clear.
Single White Dotted Line
- passing is permitted on the side of the broken line but not on side of solid line
BROKEN AND SOLID YELLOW LINES
- Indicates directions of permitted traffic movement.
Directional arrows
- Refers to a 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
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
- means the right to proceed ahead of another vehicle or pedestrian.
Right of way
- The process of giving training and practice in the actual application of traffic safety knowledge.
TRAFFIC EDUCATION