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Control traffic, reduce accidents

Shaum Uddin
***It is vital for vehicles to be in their best working condition and for the personnel of the traffic management group to be the greatest within their job site.***
THE rationale of an effective Traffic Control Plan (TCP) is to make the roadways safer by reducing injuries, property damage, and the loss of lives, by enforcing the Vehicle and Traffic Law and other applicable regulations.
In addition the Traffic Control Plan (TCP) needs to achieve equilibrium between providing a safe working environment within the public right-of-way, and providing motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians with a safe and efficient means to travel through the work area.
When developing the traffic control plan, the construction work and the person travelling through the work zone in vehicles, bicycles or as pedestrians must be given equal contemplation. The information to be integrated on a traffic control plan will vary depending upon the complexity of the proposed project, the volume of traffic affected and the roadway geometries where the construction is being performed.
An exalted traffic control plan gives the appropriate means of setting up and employing a myriad of road works. These methods to the department or to the organisation could eventually benefit the road users. The traffic control plan should be submitted in a timely manner for maintaining a specific review period. The plan must clearly depict the exact sequence of the construction
operation(s), the construction to be performed, and the path that will be utilised by all movements of traffic during each phase of construction.
Multiple phases of construction will require a separate traffic control plan for each different construction stage or operation. The guidelines should be in written to ensure that all of the basic elements of the traffic control plan are included.
Also, the contents of the plan should be clear to the reviewers and implementers in the field. The reason for working with an effective traffic control plan is to offer a safer road to vehicle users, workers and pedestrians who use the road frequently. This includes guaranteeing that such activities trigger the smallest amount of disruption for those using the roads.
It is important to provide continuous access for pedestrians, bicyclists, and to bus stops. If pedestrian or roads for bicycles are closed or disrupted by construction, maintenance, or utility operations, traffic control is needed. This includes using signs, channelling devices, etc. to direct pedestrians and bicyclists through or around the work site, or to alternate routes.
The safety of workers in a work site is just as vital as the safety of the public travelling through the work zone. The best protection for both is good work zone traffic control. All workers should be trained in how to work next to traffic in a way that
minimises their vulnerability. In addition, workers with specific traffic control responsibilities should be trained in traffic control techniques, device usage, and placement.
The traffic controller who carries out this traffic management plan must also ensure that one of their main priorities would be to walk or drive at the work zone frequently in order to check that their plans are working as promised.
In addition, the following attitudes will help endorse safe and efficient movement for all road users, including persons with disabilities through and around work zones while reasonably protecting workers and equipment:
• Formulate traffic safety and temporary traffic control — an integral and high-priority component of every project from planning
through design, construction, and maintenance;
• Restrain traffic movement as little as possible, and provide clear and positive guidance to drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians as they approach and travel through the temporary traffic control zone;
• Scrutinise traffic control elements routinely, both day and night, and make modifications when necessary;
• Compensate boosted attention to roadside safety in the vicinity of temporary traffic control zones;
• Train all assigned personnel that select, place, and maintain temporary traffic control devices;
• Institute proper legislative authority to implement and enforce needed traffic regulations, speed zones, parking controls, and incident management;
• Keep the public well informed; and • Construct appropriate accommodation for adjoining property owners, residents, businesses, emergency services, railroads, commercial vehicles, and transit operations, etc.
It’s also important that the traffic control plan maximise all of the tools which are accessible for use, such as equipment, vehicles and manpower, in order to assist the road users constantly that they are needed, to mobilise and go to a specific area.
This also indicates that the traffic
controllers, who should all be properly trained, will have the ability to diminish the liabilities and any type of injuries that may happen through the road works. It is therefore very vital not only for the equipment and vehicles to be in their best working condition, but additionally for the personnel of the traffic management group to be the greatest within their job site.
It is a well-known fact that most roads across the world are coping with the universal challenge of day by day traffic. Although the cases are different on every road, for instance there are a few whose everyday traffic comes light, while others have heavy, congested daily traffic, it's still traffic nonetheless.
No motor vehicle operator wants to be in the middle of a traffic jam no matter how minor it might be. Being wedged in a traffic jam is usually a good formula for flaring up a stressful mood. Hence, it is an indispensable task for the government agency to handle traffic regulation to manage traffic control and come up with a great traffic management plan that will handle the volume of traffic properly.
Furthermore, the use of an effective traffic control plan will help reduce the number of accidents and incidents significantly.
The writer is City Research Sdentlst, US. E-mail: msuddIn 6813©yahoo.com