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In Fundamentals of Roadway Signage, you'll learn ...
- Types of roadway signs, including their meaning and proper usage on different types of roadways
- Design of signs, including color and retroreflection
- Guidance on installation of ground mount and overhead signs
- The advantages of using changeable and dynamic message signs with standard roadway signing
Overview
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Credit: 1 PDH
Length: 38 pages
The effective use of roadway signs is as critical as the roadway design itself to the functioning of a roadway. Roadway signs provide guidance to the driver informing them of regulations, warnings and positive guidance. Information is provided to the driver related to the use of a roadway that increases the safety and efficiency of the roadway.
Roadway signs are divided into numerous categories including regulatory, warning, and guide signs. Each category has rules for their usage. There are also requirements for the proper placement of roadway signs. Consistent use of roadway signs facilitates driver education for the proper use of a roadway. Proper placement and installation also allow for enforcement of roadway rules such as speed limit enforcement.
This course provides information pertaining to design of signs, including color and retroreflection. Guidance on installation of ground mount signs is discussed as it relates to sign panel sizes, mounting height, lateral offset, orientation, posts/mountings and maintenance. Installation of overhead signs is covered as it relates to mounting.
Types of signs including their meaning and proper usage on different types of roadways are covered for standard regulatory and warning signs. The specific use of object markers is discussed. Guide signs for conventional roads, preferential/managed lanes and advanced information signs for usage on freeways are also covered. Signs specific to toll roads are identified and discussed. General information signs for general service and specific service are also identified, as well as the proper use of recreational signs. The advantages of using changeable and dynamic message signs with standard roadway signing is discussed. Lastly, emergency management signs are briefly covered.
Note that this course only provides a sampling of the signs identified in the Manual for Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) for educational purposes. The most commonly used signs are detailed in this course. A full listing of signs can be found in the MUTCD.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Sign categories and rules for their usage
- Shapes, colors, dimensions, and symbols on signs
- Proper placement of signs
- General regulatory signs and their usage
- General warning signs and their usage
- Specialty guide signs, preferential/managed lane signs and service signs, recreational signs, emergency management signs and their usage
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 20 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 1 PDH
Length: 38 pages
