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M.U.T.C.D.

M.U.T.C.D. Training

Temporary Traffic
Control Part 6

All 3 of our Temporary Traffic Control Supervisor Courses will include the Flagger Section. If you live in Texas a Certified TXDOT Flagger Certificate will be issued.

Choose from 3 Different M.U.T.C.D. Courses:
  • 4 Hr. Flagger Course (TXDOT Certified) * — $150
  • 8 Hr. Incident Management Course * — $200
  • 16 Hr. Supervisor Course * — $250
  • 24 Hr. Advanced Traffic Supervisor Course * — $350
* For each participant
  • Fundamental Principles of Temporary Traffic Control
  • Temporary Traffic Control Plans and Devices
  • Temporary Traffic Control Zones & Activities
  • Components of Temporary Traffic Control
  • Advance Warning Areas, (Sign Spacing).
  • Tapers and Spacing of Channelizing Devices.
  • Detours and Diversions.
  • Pedestrian and Workers Safety.
  • Flagger Control and Qualifications
  • High Visibility Safety Apparel.
  • Signing Devices and Channelizing Devices.
  • Signs (Placement and Position).
  • Pavement Markings
  • Typical Applications, Tables and Figures, Transition Area, Activity Area, Buffer Spaces and Termination Area
  • Incident Management Areas
  • A Certified Flagger Certificate for Texas Flaggers will be issued on all 3 M.U.T.C.D. Courses Above.

M.U.T.C.D. Training Objectives

M.U.T.C.D. PART 6 TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL IN WORK ZONES WITH REVISIONS

Participant will:

  1. Know whom the course is intended to assist.
  2. Be able to discuss the overall objectives of this school.
  3. Become familiar with the manual and the proper application of markings, lighting devices, cones, and drums.
  4. Understanding important factors in setting up a traffic control plan, including the concept of a clean zone.
  5. Know various traffic control methods, including flagging.
  6. Understand the factors related to speed control and what can and cannot be achieved by speed control techniques.
  7. Know procedures for installing and removing traffic control devices.
  8. Recognize roadway evidence.
  9. Basic measuring and drawing.
  10. Photographic documents at collision site.
  11. Recognize and record vital information.
  12. Respond to scene.

Participant will understand:

  1. Accident experience in temporary Traffic Control Work Zones.
  2. The concept of tort liability.
  3. Negligence as it relates to tort liability.
  4. Strategies and actions for minimizing tort liability claims.
  5. Basic collision data recorders (cars/pick-ups).
  6. Basic engine control module (large trucks).
  7. How to recognize, identify, document, and record physical evidence at a collision scene.
  8. This would include measurements, photographs, and witness statements.

Participant will be able to:

  1. Know which documents apply to work zone traffic control.
  2. Have a basic and advanced knowledge of the M.U.T.C.D. Federal Manual.
  3. Have a basic and advanced understanding to the need for a traffic control plans.
  4. Have a basic and advanced knowledge to interpret tables in the M.U.T.C.D. to determine sign spacing and size requirements, lengths of tapers and spacing of channelizing devices.

Participant will become familiar with:

  1. Type of signs, guidelines for sign installation and proper application of signs.
  2. Various types of channelizing devices and guidelines for proper installation.
  3. Introduction to kinetic energy, skid marks, and critical speed scuffs.
  4. Airborne speed calculations
  5. Vehicle examination.

Suggested Class Schedule

(Work Zone Traffic Control School)

An overview of the Federal M.U.T.C.D. & Specifications (EXAMPLE 16 HR SCHOOL)

Date: To Be Determined (TBD)
Time: TBD
Location: TBD

Date: FIRST DAY (TBD)

8:00 – 10:00 am
Introduction
  • School Objectives and Topics
  • The Manual’s Basic Requirements
  • Fundamental Principles for Temporary Traffic Control
  • New (FHWA) Standards, Guidelines, and Options with Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (M.U.T.C.D.)
10:00 – 10:15 am
Break
10:15 – 12:00 pm
Traffic Accidents in Work Zones & Legal Responsibilities
  • Tort Liability
  • Manuals and Standards
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 – 2:45 pm
The Temporary Traffic Control Work Zone
  • Traffic Control Plans
  • Components of Temporary Traffic Control Zone
  • Work Duration
2:45 – 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Signs and Channelizing Devices
  • Signing
  • Arrow Display – Changeable Message Signs
  • Typical Applications
  • Advanced Warning - Tapers – Transitions
  • Detours, Termination Area
  • Methods - Location

Date: SECOND DAY (TBT)

8:00 – 10:00 am
Markings, Lighting Devices and other Devices
  • Cones
  • Drums
  • Tubular Markers
  • Quality Guidelines and Inspection
10:00 – 10:15 am
Break
10:15 – 12:00 pm
Traffic Control Applications
  • Preparing TCP
  • Pedestrian and Worker Safety
  • Motorist Safety
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Traffic Management and Flagger Control
  • Speed Control
  • Selection and Methods
  • Hand – Signaling Control
  • Qualifications of Flagger
  • High-Visibility Clothing
  • Hand-Signaling Devices
3:00 – 3:15 pm
Break
3:15 – 5:00 pm
Traffic Management and Flagger Control (cont’d)
  • Flaggers and Alternatives
  • Installation and Removal of Traffic Control Devices
  • Typical Applications
  • Flagger Procedures
  • Flagger Stations

Participants Approximately 15-30

  • Certificates to be issued to each participant completing the Traffic Control M.U.T.C.D. School. Flagger certificates will also be given.
  • Names typed with correct spelling exactly how they are to appear on the certificate required from customer.
  • Certificates will be mailed within 10 working days to location of your choice.
  • Minimum of 15 participants required.
Additional M.U.T.C.D. Custom Courses:

M.U.T.C.D.

  • Part 2 — Traffic Signs (A thru N)
  • Part 3 — Pavement Markings
  • Part 5 & 8 — Low Volume Roads & Railroad
  • Part 7 — Traffic Controls for School Area
  • Part 9 — Traffic Controls for Bicycle Facilities

M.U.T.C.D. Training Classes

Collision
Investigation

Course Description

Scientific Collision Investigation is a ten-day (80 hours) technical course designed for the experienced investigator who routinely investigates minor, injury and fatality motor vehicle collisions.

This course is designed to improve the student's ability to:

  1. Recognize and use accepted mathematical formulas to determine speeds and/or actions of motor vehicles involved in traffic collisions.
  2. Recognize, record and measure physical evidence at the scene of motor vehicle collisions.
  3. Identify and accurately report information for the statistical analysis of motor vehicle collisions, in the effort to improve public safety by identifying possible engineering problems, the need for traffic law enforcement, and sources of potential liability.
  4. Organize the results of his/her investigation into an informative and competent presentation to be used in the courtroom, and to be admitted by the court as evidence.
  5. Recognize what steps and procedures to take in order to protect themselves and their departments, from allegations of failure to properly investigative motor vehicle collisions.
Entry requirements:
It is recommended that participants have attended an Intermediate Collision Investigation course or its equivalent, and have a working knowledge of high school level Algebra, Trigonometry and Geometry.

Materials to bring:
All students must have a scientific calculator, which performs basic trigonometric functions.
Scientific Investigation Classes

Rationale

(For Scientific Investigation Classes)

As the cost in human life and property damage from traffic collisions exceeds the combined loss of all other forms of crime, the importance of traffic collision investigation is becoming more apparent to governmental and civil agencies concerned with these investigations. There is a growing need for advanced technical training in this area, which would better police officer and other investigators to carry out two major functions:

  1. To identify safety hazards which have contributed to collisions and which may continue to do so; and
  2. To collect and accurately report physical evidence from the scene of a motor vehicle collision.
United Transportation Training, Inc. has developed an in-depth training program to meet the growing need and demand for effective traffic collision investigators.

Scope and Sequence

(Scientific Collision Reconstruction)

The student will achieve at minimum, an average of 70% on all course examinations and activities in order to be given credit for the completion of the course.

Goal .01
The student will understand the structure of the course, how they will be evaluated, and what type of behavior is expected of them, and why the course is important to them.
Objective .01
The student will be able to follow all classroom rules and regulations and will be observed during the course by the instructor for compliance.
Objective .02
The student will be able to read and refer to handouts on definitions, Newton’s Law of Motion, geometry, trigonometry, and formulas and will do so in the classroom.
Objective .03
Students will be able to explain and discuss the repercussions of faulty collision investigations and how they relate to criminal and civil liability.
Goal .02
The student will understand the order of mathematical operations and it usage on the calculator he/she is using.
Objective .01
The student will be able to accurately operate his/her calculator to do basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square and square root computations; and demonstrate this ability in the classroom and on written exercises and exams during the course.
Goal .03
The student will select and apply energy/speed computations appropriate for data collection at the scene of a traffic collision.
Objective .01
The student will be understand the significance of accurately determining the coefficient of friction (drag factor) of a surface by the various methods for computing the coefficient of friction, and demonstrate this ability on written exercises and exams.
Objective .02
The student will be able to calculate a vehicle’s minimum speed from skid marks left at a traffic collision scene, and demonstrate this ability on written exercises and exams.
Objective .03
The student will be able to calculate the total stopping distance for a vehicle, and demonstrate this ability on written exercises and exams.
Objective .04
The student will be able to calculate a radius of a curved surface from measurements taken at a traffic collision scene, and demonstrate this ability on written exercises and exams.
Objective .05
The student will be able to calculate a vehicle’s yaw speed from measurements taken at a traffic collision scene, and demonstrate this ability on written exercises and exams.
Objective .06
The student will be able to calculate the critical curve speed of a roadway from measurements taken at a traffic collision scene, and demonstrate this ability on written exercises and exams.
Objective .07
The student will be able to calculate the combined speed of a vehicle from measurements taken at a traffic collision scene, and demonstrate this ability on written exercises and exams.
Objective .08
The student will be able to convert between the units of speed (mph) and velocity (fps), and demonstrate this ability on written exercises and exams.
Objective .09
The student will be able to calculate the amount of kinetic and work energy of a vehicle that is in constant motion or a period of deceleration from known variables (weight & speed; or weight, distance and coefficient of friction), and demonstrate this ability on written exercises and exams.
Objective .10
The student will be able to calculate a vehicle’s speed if its kinetic or work energy is known, and demonstrate this ability on written exercises and exams.
Objective .11
The student will be able to calculate a vehicle’s actual speed loss and its speed loss associated with a kinetic/work energy loss, and demonstrate this ability on written exercises and exams.
Goal .04
The student will recognize what information is needed at the scene of a collision and be able to apply this data to calculate a vehicle’s speed, if it became airborne during the collision.
Objective .01
The student will be able to determine which of the airborne formulas to use to calculate the speed of a vehicle, which became airborne during a collision, and to demonstrate this ability on a written exam.
Goal .05
The student will understand time & distance relationships as it applies to vehicle collisions.
Objective .01
The student will be able to determine the velocity of vehicles at various times and distances while it is either accelerating or decelerating and demonstrate this ability on a written exercises and exam.
Objective .02
The student will be able to determine the time a vehicle will require to travel various distances while it is either accelerating or decelerating and demonstrate this ability on a written exercises and exam.
Objective .03
The student will be able to determine the distance a vehicle will travel at various velocities and times and demonstrate this ability on a written exercises and exam.
Objective .04
The student will be able to determine the acceleration or deceleration factor for a vehicle while it is either accelerating or decelerating and demonstrate this ability on a written exercises and exam.
Goal .06
The student will understand how “Conservation of Linear Momentum” is used to calculate the speed of vehicles at the time they collide.
Objective .01
The student will be able to calculate the speed of vehicles that are involved in an in-line (head-on & rear-end) collision, and demonstrate this ability on a written exercise and exam.
Objective .02
The student will be able to calculate the speed of vehicles that are involved in a 90-degree collision, and demonstrate this ability on a written exercise and exam.
Objective .03
The student will be able to calculate the speed of vehicles that are involved in an angled collision (other than 90 degrees), and demonstrate this ability on a written exercise and exam.
Objective .04
The student will be able to calculate the speed of vehicles involved in collisions when multiple units are involved prior to and after the collision, and demonstrate this ability on a written exercise and exam.
Goal .06
The student will understand the theory of vector diagramming and how it is used in “Conservation of Linear Momentum” to calculate the speed of vehicles, change in velocity and momentum of vehicles, and the principal direction of force applied to each vehicle in a collision.
Objective .01
The student will be able to construct a vector diagram for an in-line collision and compare the vector answers to the mathematical solutions for the same problem.
Objective .02
The student will be able to construct a vector diagram for vehicles that are involved in a 90-degree collision, and compare the vector answers to the mathematical solutions for the same problem.
Objective .03
The student will be able to construct a vector diagram for vehicles that are involved in an angled collision (other than 90 degrees), and compare the vector answers to the mathematical solutions for the same problem.
Goal .06
The student will reconstruct five actual collisions from data furnished by the instructor.
Objective .01
The student will be able to reconstruct five actual collisions using the techniques learned in class and discuss the analysis of the each of the collisions.

Course Outline

The student will be able to perform mathematical calculations involving kinetic/work energy, falls, vaults and conservation of linear momentum to derive the speeds of vehicles involved in collisions.
  1. 1.0 Course Overview
    1. 1.1 Rules and Regulations
    2. 1.2 Student Evaluations
    3. 1.3 Reference Materials

  2. 2.0 Math Review & Use of the Calculator
    1. 2.1 Mathematical Order of Operations
    2. 2.2 Applications of Trigonometry
      1. 2.2.1 Sine Function
      2. 2.2.2 Cosine Function
      3. 2.2.3 Tangent Function
      4. 2.2.4 Pythagorean Theorem

  3. 3.0 Energy and Speed Relationships & Formulas
    1. 3.1 Energy Relationships
      1. 3.1.1 Kinetic Energy
      2. 3.1.2 Work Energy
      3. 3.1.3 Potential Energy
    2. 3.2 Coefficient of Friction
    3. 3.3 Speeds from Skid Marks
    4. 3.4 Total Stopping Distance
      1. 3.4.1 Perception/Reaction Distance
      2. 3.4.2 Braking Distance
    5. 3.5 Calculating a Radius
    6. 3.6 Speed from Yaw Marks & Critical Curve Speed
    7. 3.7 Combined Speed
    8. 3.8 Speed Loss Applications
      1. 3.8.1 Actual Speed Loss
      2. 3.8.2 Speed Associated with Energy Loss

  4. 4.0 Airborne Formulas
    1. 4.1 Fall
    2. 4.2 Vault
    3. 4.3 Unknown Take-Off Angle
    4. 4.4 Short-Flip Vault

  5. 5.0 Time & Distance Relationships in Collision Investigation
    1. 5.1 Speed & Velocity
    2. 5.2 Acceleration (positive & negative)
    3. 5.3 Distance
    4. 5.4 Time

  6. 6.0 Conservation of Linear Momentum
    1. 6.1 In-Line Collisions
      1. 6.1.1 Head-on Collisions
      2. 6.1.2 Rear End Collisions
    2. 6.2 Angular Collisions
      1. 6.2.1 90 Degree Collisions
      2. 6.2.2 Other than 90 Degree Collisions
      3. 6.2.3 Angular Collisions involving Multiple Units
      4. 6.2.4 360 Degree Momentum

  7. 7.0 Vector Analysis
    1. 7.1 In-Line Collisions
    2. 7.2 90 Degree Collisions
    3. 7.3 Other than 90 Degree Collisions
    4. 7.4 Change in Velocity (Delta-V)
    5. 7.5 Change in Momentum (Delta-P)
    6. 7.6 Principal Direction of Force (PDOF)

  8. 8.0 Reconstruction Case Studies

Student Evaluation

1. There will be three topical exams given during the course:

Kinetic Energy & Effective Factor
Time & Distance
Momentum

One make-up exam will be allowed for each of these exams.

The average of these three exams will comprise ½ of the final course grade.

2. There will be a final comprehensive exam over all of the presented material. This grade will comprise ½ of the final course grade.

3. You must have an overall average of 70% in order to successfully complete the course.


Expert Witness
Testimony
  • Providing powerful and unbiased Expert Witness testimony supporting and defending opinions.

Specialists in Highway Work Zones that meet the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and Complete Collision Reconstruction Investigation, Civil and Criminal..

  • The most critical need after the development of an expert witness evaluation is the ability to support & defend
    the opinions at deposition and trial. Our expert witnesses are highly professional and have extensive expertise in these fields.

Expert witness Testimony can be provided in the following area of expertise:

  • Traffic Work Zone M.U.T.C.D.
  • Collision Investigation
  • Federal and States M.U.T.C.D.
  • Local City and County M.U.T.C.D.

The types of cases in which expert witness testimony can be provided include, but are not limited to:

  • Personal Injury
  • Negligence
  • Property Damage

Joe Montgomery and Dan Price have been retained and have testified in hundreds of cases venued through the United States, providing opinions consistent with their licenses, certifications and experience. See Individual CV's for more information.