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MUTCD – Just a Guideline?
In the transportation arena, as in others, we often wonder whether something is a guideline, a best practice, or a regulation – is it a may, a should, or a shall? The Delaware Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) comes down to a shall. As noted in the...
Equipment Safety – It Can Happen to Me
We get comfortable around some pretty hazardous equipment and circumstances if you stop to think about it. Just in our everyday life, stop for a moment to marvel that we routinely drive a two-lane roadway at 55 mph (you know, the speed limit) as another vehicle...
MUTCD – Origins and Revisions
You might be interested to know that the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) has been around since 1927 (it had a much more cumbersome title back then) and there have been only 11 major revisions to the federal manual since that time.[1] The Federal...