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The EuroTest Road Work Zones Study has been calling for structural improvements to be made to road work zones for the last three years. Annual EuroTest inspections on the road work zones attest to the higher than normal frequency of accidents in road work zones in Europe. (continue here)
How We Tested EuroTest has now tested Europe's motorway road work zones for the third time, making this test a permanent part of the programme. The focus this time round was on 50 motorway road work zones in eleven European countries: Eight in Germany, seven in Austria, five in both Italy and Switzerland, four in France, the Netherlands and Spain, three in Croatia and UK as well as two in both Denmark and Slovenia. All of the sites tested were long-term road work zones on main European travel routes. The shortest road work zone was one kilometre long, the longest around 20 kilometres. (continue here)
The UK Tops while Slovenia Flops If you drive through road work zones in Europe you will soon discover that each country has its very own opinion of how this unavoidable traffic intervention should be shaped whilst work is being carried out. Despite all efforts, there are still no uniform European standards. Our brief excursion to the individual countries marks the most striking points noted in this year's inspection of road work zones. (continue here)
Guidelines in Europe: When in Rome..... You can do this, you should do that, you may do this – but nobody really has to do anything. This aptly sums up the guidelines that specify how road work zones should be designed throughout Europe. First steps have in fact already been taken towards harmonisation. (continue here) |
Results of the 2007 Inspections: Inspectors were frequently forced to hold up the red card: a grand total of 13 times. Eleven candidates received a rating of "Poor" and two received a devastating rating of "Very poor". Three road work zones, however, came through with flying colours and were rated "Very good" and another 18 sites were rated "Good". These road work zones were followed by 16 test candidates which were rated "Acceptable". (continue here)
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See here the details about each tested road work!
Before starting out, find out about road work zones along your route. This avoids any surprises along the way and you can take a detour to avoid congestion caused by road work zones. (continue here)
In light of the accident risk in Road Works Areas one should not skimp on funds for equipping and operating road work zones. (continue here)
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