Notification procedures that advise approaching motorists to transition from normal driving status to that required by the temporary emergency traffic control measures ahead of them
Define Block
Positing a FD apparatus on an angle to the lanes of traffic creating a physical barrier between upstream traffic and the work area
Define Buffer Space
The distance or space between personnel and vehicles in the protected work area and nearby moving traffic
Define Incident Space
The protected work area
Define Taper
The action of merging several lanes into fewer lanes
Define Transition Zone
The lanes of a roadway within which approaching motorists change their speed and position to comply with traffic control measures