Alphabet Soup
TRIP
What is Towing and Recovery Incentive Program?
Source: pg. iii
TRIP is designed to reduce the adverse impact of major, specified large-vehicle traffic incidents by incentivizing clearance goals of this many minutes or less.
What is 90?
Source: 1.1
These are the vehicles that must be present at every TRIP incident.
What are two heavy duty wreckers and a support truck?
Source: Table 3.1
These 2 trucks in conjunction can be used instead of a 50-ton recovery truck
What is a 40-ton rotator and a 30-ton heavy duty truck?
Source: 8.1.1
This is the entity responsible for verifying the notice to proceed and all lanes open times for incentive eligibility.
What is the TMC (Traffic Management Center)
FHWA
What is the Federal Highway Administration?
Source: pg. iii
This is the frequency of the towers meetings each company has to have a representative at.
What is monthly?
Source: 1.3.10
This is the maximum time a TRIP Company Supervisor has to arrive on-scene during weekday peak hours.
What is 30 minutes?
Source: 3.4.3
This type of vehicle must be equipped with a MUTCD-compliant Type B arrow board and stocked with traffic control devices.
What is a support vehicle?
Source: Section 8.2.1
This is the amount GDOT pays a TRIP Company for a full activation response that meets all clearance and timing requirements.
What is $4,000?
Source: 6.2.3.1
STIMS
What is Statewide Traffic Incident Management Services?
Source: pg. iii
This group benefits from TRIP through enhanced safety due to decreased exposure to high-speed traffic during incident clearance.
Who are emergency responders?
Source: 1.2
This is the maximum time allowed for all required TRIP vehicles to arrive on-scene during weekends or state holidays.
What is 60 minutes?
This is the minimum boom structural rating required for a 50-ton recovery truck.
What is 100,000 lbs.?
Source: Table 8.1
This type of TRIP activation involves a stalled commercial vehicle over 26,000 lbs. with no crash or cargo loss.
What is TRIP Stall Activation?
TRAA
What is the Towing and Recovery Association of America?
Source: pg. iii
These are areas of consideration such as Response, Clearance, Evaluations, Complaints, and Violations used when choosing applicants for TRIP.
What are performance metrics.
Source: 1.3.11
These are the times specified as peak weekday hours as it relates to TRIP.
What is 5:30 AM to 7:00 PM?
Source: 3.4.2
This is the minimum number of clean, 28-inch reflectorized orange traffic cones required on a support vehicle.
What is 60?
Source: 8.5.1
This incentive is paid when a TRIP Company is activated, responds on time, but another company completes the clearance.
What is the $1,200 Flat Rate Mobilization Incentive?
Source: 6.2.2.1
MUTCD
What is the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices?
Source: pg. iii
This is the allotted time in which a Second Warning will be issued is the problems that prompted the issuing of the Initial Notification reoccur.
What is 6 months?
Source: 1.3.5.2
These Off-peak hours are when cleanup must be completed.
What is 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM to 5:00 AM?
Source: 3.4.7.4
This is the minimum number of hardwood cribbing blocks (4"x4", 2-foot) required on a recovery wrecker.
What is 8?
Source: 8.4.1
This is the monetary consequence if a TRIP Company fails to clear an incident within 3 hours of the Notice to Proceed.
What is $600 plus $10 per additional minute?
Source: 6.5.1