BACKGROUND

A significant amount of research has investigated how distracted driving impacts an individual’s ability to drive or the impact of technology use on driver performance.  The primary focus though has been on enforcement, education, and advocacy to reduce or eliminate use of technology while driving or operating a vehicle.  Little research has been performed to investigate what states are doing to alert workers or distracted drivers of approaching hazards prior to the distracted driver’s vehicle entering work areas.

OBJECTIVES

The primary goal of this project is to develop a set of recommendations for the use of identified best practices used by transportation agencies (including the contracting community) to (1) alert distracted drivers to the presence of a work zone or maintenance moving operation; and (2) prevent them from hitting a moving work vehicle or intruding into a work zone.

STATUS: Research is complete; final report is available as NCHRP_Report_1037.