Rural roadway departures make up a third of U.S. traffic fatalities—about 30 people a day. The Every Day Counts round five (EDC-5) initiative, Focus on Reducing Rural Roadway Departures (FoRRRwD), features four pillars: Addressing All Public Roads, Systemic Approach, Safety Action Plans, and Proven Countermeasures. This course provides participants with some tools for addressing roadway departure crashes. Topics covered in this course include a discussion of engineering countermeasures as well as implementation using the systemic approach.

Upon completion of this course, participants will:

• Describe the rural roadway departure crash problem
• Identify the three objectives used to combat the problem
• Identify proven safety countermeasures to mitigate roadway departures
• Recognize the crash reduction potential for the individual countermeasures
• Understand why the systemic approach is critical to reduce roadway departures.
• Identify risk factors that are commonly used in the Systemic Approach to reduce rural roadway departures.
• Demonstrate the use of the Louisiana Roadway Departure Implementation Plan

This course is provided free of charge.

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