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And it’s to the MUTCD — as it’s known — that the District Department of Transportation directed me when I pointed out that some of its new signs on 16th Street NW are wrong.
A Yield sign is a bit more complicated than a standard Stop sign and might be confusing to newer drivers. We're breaking down ...
This explanation from ADOT covers the intuitive line of reasoning behind the choice of color. The standard of green for guide signs stems from the Manual on Uniform Traffic Devices (MUTCD).
One of the new Federal Highway Administration regulations, as outlined in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), addresses the retroreflectivity of traffic signs: ...
Over the past two years, the Richmond Public Works Department has fielded numerous community requests for stop signs at city ...
An obscure federal manual that guides road signs and design is getting a rare update. The Biden administration says the changes will protect cyclists and pedestrians, but safety advocates wanted more.
By following the IN MUTCD when installing all traffic control devices like stop signs, as dictated by IN Code 9-21-4-1, local agencies are putting themselves in a legally-defensible position should a ...
Relying on the MUTCD, drivers should not accelerate until reaching an increased speed limit sign. I can already hear some grumbling about that answer. Keep reading.
Additionally, The Department of Transportation has a traffic manual that I haven’t read, but based on the summary it appears to combine the most frequently used details of the MUTCD and the WAC ...
As the MUTCD will tell you, this sign is just an object marker, and the diagonals are sloped towards whichever direction traffic is supposed to skirt around. Use your words, object marker!
Since the 1950s, all stop signs in the U.S. have been required to be red, as outlined in the Federal Highway Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).
Q: It seems like some of our road signs, for example the signs telling slow drivers to pull over if they’re delaying traffic, just aren’t working. Can we add some extra signs that encourage ...