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Are Work Zone Speed Cameras a Money Grab? Or an Essential Site Safety Technology?

ENR Construction

Motorists groups and taxpayer advocates write that highway work zone speed cameras are a corrupt enterprise designed to defraud motorists, while contractors and DOTs tout their effectiveness at stopping accidents. What if both are partially correct?

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Courthouse Reporter Series: The Bizarre Case That Required a 117-Year-Old Expert

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The case arose from a car accident. Munro sued the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) for negligently designing, maintaining, and inspecting the intersection. It also ruled on DOT’s motion to exclude the Munros’ expert witness, notwithstanding the trial court’s decision not to address that motion. OCGA § 50-21-24(10).

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Are Work Zone Speed Cameras an Essential Site Safety Technology—Or Just A Money Grab?

ENR Construction

Contractors and DOTs tout camera effectiveness in stopping accidents, but motorist and taxpayer advocates say they are a corrupt enterprise designed to defraud drivers. It appears that both sides make a point. /p>

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Remedies to CSA’s problems high on industry, government lists

FDR Safety

DOT also plans to propose in a rulemaking scheduled to be issued for comment later this year to use the safety performance scores on its 7 CSA measures to basically equate to a carrier’s safety “fitness.” The proposed rule — the Safety Fitness Determination Rule (SFD) — is the final component of the CSA enforcement model.

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Industry frustrated by delays in CSA changes

FDR Safety

An accident in which a truck is not at fault still — currently — counts in the crash history as there is no consistently accurate way within the system of delineating responsibility. Train drivers to review the accident report while the police officer is still on the scene.

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How To Track Increased Construction Costs For Proving Claims

Best Practices Construction Law

In addition to daily reports, the following records should be prepared and maintained in the normal course of business to help prove claims and effectively manage the project: Correspondence file containing all correspondence relating to a specific claim, including letters and/or memoranda to and from the DOT and subcontractors.

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Best Practice: How to Track Increased Construction Costs for Proving Claims

Best Practices Construction Law

In addition to daily reports, the following records should be prepared and maintained in the normal course of business to help prove claims and effectively manage the project: Correspondence file containing all correspondence relating to a specific claim, including letters and/or memoranda to and from the DOT and subcontractors.

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