As we continue our journey towards safer roadways, it’s fascinating and sobering to take a look back and see just how far we’ve come. Today, we’re paging through the history book to find out about the first U.S. automobile incidents on record: nearly 130 years ago, if you can believe that.

Restripe again? Seriously? We get it. Repainting your parking lot lines every so often probably seems tedious at best. But let’s take a step back and ask why those lines are so important and how they contribute to the success of your organization.

In the world of construction and infrastructure, a lot of attention is given to vehicle traffic and pedestrian safety in work zones. This awareness and care is vital, and we support every effort to create safe environments around work zones. Internal traffic control and safety within a work zone is an equally important issue, though it’s often less emphasized.

Check out this beautiful piece of work!

We wish we could give you before and after pictures, so you could fully appreciate the transformation here. Since we don’t have pictures, though, we’ll describe to you what you’re seeing.

As modern drivers, we’re used to driving down a road full of standardized signs regulated by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The shape, size, and color of the signs are all part of the messaging, and the signs adhere to uniform specifications for materials and retroreflectivity ratings, allowing for maximum visibility in any light. The sophisticated signage we have now has roots all the way back in the Roman Empire roads, but honestly, the modern resurgence of road signage is just a little over 100 years old.

It’s August, and many Americans are snagging end-of-summer time off, long weekends, and day trips before stepping into their fall schedule. Due to the pandemic, summer started kinda weird and slow and a majority of us experienced changes in our normal summer vacations and routines. Here at the end of the season, we’re eager to squeeze in some last minute trips and traditions. While you’ll see signs in most places these days reminding you of physical distancing guidelines to protect your health, we wanted to take a minute to remind you of summer travel safety tips.

It’s easy to talk about infrastructure maintenance needs, but much harder to figure out how those needs should be addressed, when they should be addressed, and who should be responsible for them. In this post, we’ll discuss some of the key influencers behind infrastructure decisions and how those decisions get financed and turned into reality.

Ready to hear some great news? We have some new data that we’re excited to share with you on the topic of seat belt use. The most recent (2019) statistics show that seat belt use is the highest ever: nearly 91% of all vehicle occupants are wearing the seat belts!

In our last post, we discussed construction worker and motor vehicle safety in work zones. Today, we’ll take a look at pedestrian safety in work zones. Before we dive into that, we want to note that the accident data most often reported and published pertains to incidents resulting in fatalities. It’s important to remember, however, that the number of incidents resulting in injuries is far higher, and even a relatively “minor” injury can still create a great deal of pain and suffering or hamper quality of life in the long run. [Read more…]

We’re going to dive straight into some numbers about highway work zone incidents. Although most people know that work zones pose safety risks for vehicle traffic as well as for construction workers, seeing the actual facts attached to that general information can help our country find a safer way forward. Awareness is the first step toward change and saving lives!