Traffic lights on jobs.

[volvo]

Council-police designated areas but ONLY for children not grown ups.

[pleasant]

School crossing patrols are not just for children. Patrol officers may help anyone who seeks their help in crossing the road. When you see a School Crossing Patrol Officer step into the road ahead of you displaying this sign you must stop to allow people to cross the road. (Rule 87 of the Highway Code). It is an offence under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 if you do not stop when signalled to do so by a school crossing patrol.

[volvo]

Well that is different to what iv been taught by traffic commissioners.

I think the law might have changed though.

[samthescam]

So the only thing that's certain is to use common sense then. Only the police can stop traffic... But if you have to, just do it anyway

[Le Sanglier]

Get a traffic management company in, they take all the hassle out of T.M. and leave you to what you do best

 

Yep. One less thing to worry about.

[Paul Jenks]

Our guys have got unit 2 and 4 of us have unit 10(supervisor) for streetworks. By law you have to have someone on site who is deemed competent to put out the signs, cones, lights etc and to maintain them for the duration of operations. We defer to traffic lights over stop/go as more people obey a red light, (though by no means all of them.)

Until the road traffic act changed in 1991 if a vehicle ran into a set of road works, even if controlled by lights, the blame was on the contractor in the road. Following the revision of 1991 qualified persons are allowed to manage traffic flow and block the road for up to 2 minutes at a time, as mentioned earlier.

Usually the contractor has to get clearance from their local NRSWA, New Roads and Street Works Agency. The road space has to be booked in advance. If space is not booked or there is no-one on site with their streetworks card or if the signage is deemed inadequate a NRSWA officer can and will kick you off the road.

There are obvious safety implications with not having the right training, certification and equipment. The reason for booking road space is so NRSWA can manage traffic flow and keep the emergency services informed. Also it may be that someone turns up to carry out some tree work and the road is being dug up by the gas people just around the corner.

A set of lights should only cost about £125+vat for a day. With LUX it's the same charge for a week as a day. Hiring the correct signage can be pricey and when you use lights you are supposed to carry a set of stop/go boards incase the lights fail.

You can buy a Stopworks lollipop that is similar to the one used for school crossings. This piece of equipment allows you to stop traffic for up to 2 minutes without the need for signage. Say for getting a vehicle on or off site.

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Dont the stop go boards have to be manned at all times?

 

yup chapter 8 stipulates they do

but its still cheaper to have two lads stood there on £60.00 a day compared to £500.00 for lights.We do the majority of roadside works with stop go boards

[treequip]

yup chapter 8 stipulates they do

but its still cheaper to have two lads stood there on £60.00 a day compared to £500.00 for lights.We do the majority of roadside works with stop go boards

 

You dont need 2 blokes. You can get stop go's with a remote control

[Matthew Storrs]

You dont need 2 blokes. You can get stop go's with a remote control

 

I suppose it depends on how you define 'manned'. I don't see how a remote control is any better then my method using self standing stop/gos and asigning a ground member to each signto change the sign round once the road is clear.

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yup chapter 8 stipulates they do

but its still cheaper to have two lads stood there on £60.00 a day compared to £500.00 for lights.We do the majority of roadside works with stop go boards

 

also apparently local authorities traffic team do not have to be informed of preposed treeworks,stop go etc as they are classed as mobile works and do not fall under the same stipulation as utilities and civils wrk where they require a permit to dig the road up.but as the same as highway lighting maintenance,verge cutting,gulley emptying.Only notification has to be given for tree work if you require a road closure or alteration/diversion of a road,roundabout,junction intersection etc etc.

or the road in question is over 40mph speed limit.