Monday, May 14, 2012

The Danger of Rural Speeding

By Jessie Mccafferty


A great deal of information is available about pedestrian survival rates after being struck by a moving vehicle, and traffic calming in construction sectors, school sectors and urbanized areas. One area that is often overlooked is the rural highway. While the threat to pedestrians is definitely either much less or nonexistent in several cases, the danger to drivers is actually increased.

The standard signs like speed limits, advised speed limits for curves and signs warning of snaking roads or animal crossings are required on rural roads, even though they're undoubtedly ignored at times by some drivers. This is particularly true for drivers who continually travel the same route. This generally increases their speed and lowers the speed awareness over time, just as any task one does continually becomes a more subconscious, by-rote activity rather than one that is actively engaging.

A radar speed sign in an appropriate place along a long road can bring drivers' awareness to their speed in relation to the limit and slow traffic down.

More areas today use technology to help to manage traffic. Employing a radar speed sign is using technology in an ideal way. As the signs can be electrical, completely solar or battery-operated, you may opt to install one permanently or use the same sign in different locations at various times, as needed. The signs can be accessed remotely with the wireless Bluetooth connection, with programming that can be changed on an ad-hoc basis. They can also be used to assemble speed info to help you define where the signs are most needed.

Among both rural and urban roads, nearly 2/3 of the speeding-related deaths are on rural roads. This is going to be partly to thinner traffic that will mean an accident can occur a long time before it's discovered, and then medical help may be far away. But the terrain of the roads, regularly with many hills and curves, also contribute. Roll-overs and running off the road are more often found on rural roads than urban ones.




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