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TECHNO-NEWS * USA - DOT to Test New Signage for Improved Night Visibility
Madison,WI,USA -WMTV-15 -20 Nov 2008: -- The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is asking for public comment on new signage along the south Madison Beltline designed to increase clarity and visibility... "We’ll be putting up 44 new highway guide signs—the big green signs —on the Madison Beltline as part of a pilot project to gauge public reaction to them," says state signing engineer Matt Rauch. "We’re trying to determine if the signs with a thinner Clearview font do, in fact, provide crisper readability for motorists. If we receive positive reaction, we’ll consider using the font when we replace guide signs across the state"... The Clearview font is an alternative to the Highway Gothic font promoted by the Federal Highway Administration...
* Legislative Panel Sounds Wake-up Call on Drowsy Driving
Boston,Mass,USA -The Boston Globe, by John C. Drake -7 Nov 2008: -- Following up on the 2002 death of a motorcyclist who was struck by a sleep-deprived driver, a special committee of the Massachusetts, USA, legislature is looking at new ways to discourage drivers from getting behind the wheel while drowsy. At a recent hearing of the committee, sleep specialist Clare Anderson of Harvard Medical School said that things like turning up the radio or opening a window slightly to stay awake can actually have a detrimental effect. The committee is considering legislation designed to educate the public about driving while sleep-deprived and increase penalties for drivers who cause accidents when drowsy. In addition, the state may require truck drivers and school bus drivers to undergo screening to identify those with a higher risk of sleep apnea, which can contribute to drowsiness... Steven Lockley, assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, said police and firefighters also have a risk of drowsy driving. In order to head off pressure on medical examiners to attribute drowsy-driving accidents to cardiac arrest so that families can receive greater death benefits, the commission may also recommend classifying drowsy driving crashes as job-related accidents. However, it is less likely to recommend tickets for drowsy driving because the technology to determine drowsiness during a traffic stop is still under development...
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