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M62 - Your Local History
A lot of finds were uncovered during the archaeological evaluation carried out for the M62 Junction 6 Improvement scheme so we thought it would be nice to provide an interactive website so you can see what we found.
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Roadworkers' Safety Report Phase Two
Conclusions and Recommendations
Younger people are less likely to be concerned about the safety of roadworkers or adapt their behaviour at roadworks.
Drivers scoring high on the thrill seeking and low monitoring of hazards behaviour scales are also less likely to change their behaviour when approaching roadworks. Aggressive drivers, although stating that they would slow down when they see signs for roadworks, and thus are adapting their behaviour, are still likely to be travelling faster than the speed limit. Hesitant drivers are the most likely to adapt their behaviour to account for roadworks; however this may in itself constitute dangerous driving behaviour.
It is clear from the research that different initiatives to improve safety at roadworks will meet with differing success, particularly depending on driver behaviour and age.
In general, a combination of education, information and enforcement initiatives would appear to be likely to have the most effect.
The use of VMS (factual and to the point), variable speed limits, and displaying the speed of vehicles when entering roadworks, are expected to be successful for most driving behaviours.
Motorway driving tests and educating drivers about the importance of driving safely at roadworks are also expected to be successful for most driving behaviours and particularly for hesitant drivers.
Although higher risk drivers did not think that enforcement initiatives would be very successful, this could be due to the fact that they would not want them introduced rather than their expected lack of success. In addition, Improvement professionals thought that enforcement initiatives would be successful, particularly for drivers displaying thrill seeking, aggressive or hesitant behaviour. The enforcement initiatives expected to be the most successful are: measuring average speed through roadworks and a police presence. Higher risk drivers do not appear to believe that Highways Agency Traffic Officers can replace police officers at present. This may be due to the fact that they are aware of the differing powers of arrest.
