Road control

Road and road controls are regular and systematic inspections and drives in which the condition of road traffic areas and their equipment is visually checked. In most cases, minor maintenance work is also carried out in this context . In this way, damage or dangers in the road space can be quickly identified and eliminated.

The controls are from transport security duty road construction causes and can be operational road maintenance assign. The frequency of the controls is primarily determined by the traffic importance of the road. Additional checks are carried out after special weather events or events.

tasks

The tasks of road inspectors primarily include the following points:

• Recognition of danger points
• Detecting damage to traffic areas or structures
• Check the drainage facilities
• Check the road equipment (especially traffic signs ) and the green that accompanies the road
• Check the clearance profile and the necessary fields of vision

literature

• M. Lorenz, J. Lorenz: Handbook road construction . Fraunhofer IRB Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8167-7083-5 , p. 271 .
• Christian Lippold (Ed.): Der Elnser 2018 . Otto Elsner Verlagsgesellschaft, Dieburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-87199-222-3 , p. 1095 ff .

Web links

Wiktionary: Road control  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations