Positive guidance and older motorists : guidelines for maintenance supervisors

36820443https://doi.org/10.21949/14044781996PDFManualSWUTC/96/721917-2Aged driversTraffic control devicesMaintenancePositive GuidanceSouthwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)Greene, FrancesKoppa, RodgerRodriguez, KatherineWright, SamanthaTexas Transportation InstituteSouthwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)NTL-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS-Traffic Control DevicesUS Transportation CollectionThis is a field manual designed for maintenance supervisors and residentengineers responsible for repair and replacement of traffic control devices onhighways and streets. Standards and practices have not always taken in accountthe realities of the performance to be expected from a growing minority in theUnited States, the older motorist. After describing some aspects of oldermotorist performance in basic terms, sections are presented on signing, signals,pavement markings and other traffic control provisions. Using the principles ofPositive Guidance pioneered by Alexander and Lunenfeld of the Federal HighwayAdministration, suggestions are offered for improving the flow of informationfrom the highway to the older motorist, which indirectly makes driving easierfor everybody.84