Bonus items
What is the principal goal of a traffic engineer?
Safe highway system
Who are exempted from speed limits?
emergency responders, military, and law enforcement
What type of roads are within urban areas of a city?
City Roads
How can weather contribute to crashes?
reduced visibility and wet pavement
What are the three main types of traffic signs?
regulatory, warning, and information signs
speed limit
What is the maximum safe speed a vehicle can maintain on a road under ideal conditions
Design speed (speed limit)
The current zoning authority was decentralized to the __________ by virtue of the Local Government Code
Local Goverment Unit
What term does the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recommend instead of “accident”?
crash
What kind of crash happens when a bus blocks a pedestrian’s view?
multiple threat crash
Exit signs
What Republic Act governs speed regulations in the Philippines?
R.A. 4136
This connects several highly urbanized centers of commercial, business, and industrial establisments, and with high traffic demand
expressway
What is the most common factor in transportation crashes?
Driver/Operator Action or error
What signs gives orders like prohibitions or mandates?
regulatory signs
The maximum number of vehicles which have a reasonable expectation of passing over a given section of a lane or a roadway
road capacity
This ____ __ __, differentiates the 40kph to 60kph, which they have a separate lane to travel in.
vulnerable road users
In ______ areas/routes, motor vehicles are restricted or excluded
pedestrianized
Give one example of a mechanical/vehicle condition that causes crashes.
faulty brakes or worn tires
What does regulate, warn, inform driver’s vehicle boundary, and some help clarify or emphasize the message given by other signs?
road markings
In R.A. 4136, what is the rule when overtaking on the highway?
pass to the left and return to the right
An 80kph speed limit would be appropriate on a high standard duplicated carriageway road where there is only _______ from adjoining properties.
occassional access
______ areas-development should be separated from heavy industry and major commercial uses
residential
"crash" implies that the collision could have been prevented or its effect minimized by modifying driver behavior, vehicle design, _____ ____, or the traveling environment.
roadway geometry
What crash occurs when a driver focuses on merging traffic and hits a pedestrian?
turn-merge attention conflict