This course is the first of two volumes that discusses how to effectively use pavement markings to guide roadway traffic, and thereby reduce your liability exposure. The contents of this course are intended to serve as guidance and not as an absolute standard or rule.  Its purpose is to help you to use the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) – Parts 3, 5, 7, 8 and 9 more effectively and not replace it. Should there be any discrepancies between the contents of this course and the MUTCD - always follow the MUTCD.

Upon course completion, you should be familiar with the general design guidelines for pavement markings. The course objective is to give engineers and designers an in-depth look at the principles to be considered when selecting and designing for traffic control.

Pavement markings are typically used for conveying laws and regulations, traffic and roadway conditions, and guidance and other information. These critical tools provide important information for safe travel on any U.S. roadway system.

Roadway pavement markings do not solve all traffic problems. Road users process different types of visual and non-visual information differently: speed, roadway conditions, traffic, legal enforcement, noise levels, etc. Also, markings continue to remind road users of important information.

Once you complete your course review, you need to take a multiple-choice quiz to earn PDH credits.

This course is intended to provide the learner with the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Traffic control device requirements

• Marking properties

• Materials

• Types of markings

• Warrants

• Raised Pavement Markers (RPM)

• Stop/Yield lines

• Crosswalk markings

• Words, symbols & arrows

• Chevrons