CE 6630 - Highway Safety and Risk Management

Introduction to highway safety improvement program and three plus standards. Specific topics include data collection, identification of hazardous locations, crash reconstruction, countermeasures, and risk management.

Requisites: Permission required
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to explain a defect surveillance program.
Students will be able to explain how highway safety planning, data collection, and data management are done.
Students will be able to explain about liability and risk management issues related to highway safety.
Students will be able to determine traffic crash probabilities.
Students will be able to explain how a crash can be reconstructed.
Students will be able to explain how safety hazard locations are identified.
Students will be able to explain how possible countermeasures are developed.
Students will be able to explain how priorities are established and priorities and countermeasures are evaluated.
Students will be able to explain generally about the legal systems in the U.S.