We are pleased to announce the North America product range of VATCS signs is expanding, to include hazard specific VATCS signage.
When you mention Roundabouts, most people immediately think of the circular intersections common on European roads, however in the past quarter century roundabouts have, as a recent FHWA Innovator newsletter on ‘Creating Safer Intersections’ points out, become as American as hot dogs and baseball.
Since 1990, when the first roundabout was built in the United States, circa 4,000 have been constructed and by 2010, all 50 states and Washington, D.C. had a roundabout in operation and it is an innovative safety trend that is continuing to grow.
Although roundabouts are traffic calming devices in their own right, there are instances where advanced warning of an approaching roundabout is helpful e.g. road topography and high speed entry.
Unipart Dorman were approached for one instance and were commissioned to supply a dynamic LED advisory W2-6 diagram VATCS as part of the Powell Butte Highway roundabout project in Deschutes County, Oregon.
The sign falls into the Hazard Specific Warning VATCS category, a portfolio that is steadily growing as municipalities recognize the benefit of alerting targeted drivers of unsafe speed on the approach to certain hazards in their communities.
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