Civil engineers scout out accident hazards to make roads safer

by STOPandGO — published on December 17th, 2007

“The current system looks at accident records and tries to predict problems,” Johnson said. “The problem with this is that they wait three years for 20 accidents and then have to wait longer to do something about it. We aim to find low-cost ways to predict a dangerous location before we get 20 accidents.” By proactively identifying dangerous sites, corrective actions can be taken at earlier stages and, hopefully, future accidents can be avoided.

Civil engineers scout out accident hazards to make roads safer

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