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21 E Main Street, Suite 100 Oklahoma City, OK 73104-2405 405 234 2264 FAX: 234 2200 TDD/TTY: 7-1-1 Statewide www.acogok.org
Chair Elizabeth Waner
Edmond Councilmember
Vice-Chair Pete White
Oklahoma City Councilmember
Secretary/Treasurer Willa Johnson
Oklahoma County Commissioner
Executive Director
John G. Johnson
2014 COTIME Milestones
1. Amending the standard crash report to include a field for time of incident, time of incident clearance, time of roadway clearance and identifying if the incident was a secondary collision due to an already occurring incident.
2. Promote and enforce Move Over and Quick Clearance Laws
A. In 2003, “Quick Clearance” legislation (HB 7182) was passed and states vehicle operators shall move their vehicle or cargo that is blocking the roadway and obstructing the flow of traffic. If this is not possible, law enforcement may remove the disabled vehicle using reasonable care. Exceptions include crashes resulting in the injury or death of any person or the vehicle involved is carrying hazardous materials. As of January, 2004, any person violating this law, upon conviction, will be guilty of a misdemeanor.
B. In 2010, “Move Over” legislation (HB 2969) was passed and states that when stationary emergency vehicles or wrecker vehicles has flashing lights turned on, the driver of a motor vehicle shall change lanes, if possible, to avoid the responder vehicles. If changing lanes is not possible or presents an unsafe situation for the driver to avoid the emergency or wrecker vehicle, the driver must reduce the speed of the motor vehicle to a safe speed and proceed with caution past the responder vehicle.
3. “On-Scene” responder roles and responsibilities visor cards
a. Defined roles and responsibilities for various incident levels
i. Metro Atlanta TIME Taskforce TIM Response Matrix
b. Vehicle identification chart to determine what truck wrecker service should bring
i. TRAA Vehicle Identification Guide
c. Would be helpful to agencies as a quick reference?
4. Conduct a coordinated, multi-agency after incident review
i. Omaha-Bluffs TIM Operations Guideline
5. Establish regional quick clearance time goals for roadway and incident clearance
Establishing a quick clearance time goal for roadway and incident clearance is the first step in developing performance measures and tracking clearance times. The National Unified Goal calls for a 90-minute clearance time for all non-major highway incidents.
(a) FHWA Quick Clearance Resources
(b) Aggressive Incident Clearance
6. Data collection
(a) Traffic Incident Management strategic plan – Austin-area TIM
(b) TRB guidance for implementation of TIM performance measurement
association of central oklahoma governments
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| Title | COTIMEmilestones14 1 |
| Full text | 21 E Main Street, Suite 100 Oklahoma City, OK 73104-2405 405 234 2264 FAX: 234 2200 TDD/TTY: 7-1-1 Statewide www.acogok.org Chair Elizabeth Waner Edmond Councilmember Vice-Chair Pete White Oklahoma City Councilmember Secretary/Treasurer Willa Johnson Oklahoma County Commissioner Executive Director John G. Johnson 2014 COTIME Milestones 1. Amending the standard crash report to include a field for time of incident, time of incident clearance, time of roadway clearance and identifying if the incident was a secondary collision due to an already occurring incident. 2. Promote and enforce Move Over and Quick Clearance Laws A. In 2003, “Quick Clearance” legislation (HB 7182) was passed and states vehicle operators shall move their vehicle or cargo that is blocking the roadway and obstructing the flow of traffic. If this is not possible, law enforcement may remove the disabled vehicle using reasonable care. Exceptions include crashes resulting in the injury or death of any person or the vehicle involved is carrying hazardous materials. As of January, 2004, any person violating this law, upon conviction, will be guilty of a misdemeanor. B. In 2010, “Move Over” legislation (HB 2969) was passed and states that when stationary emergency vehicles or wrecker vehicles has flashing lights turned on, the driver of a motor vehicle shall change lanes, if possible, to avoid the responder vehicles. If changing lanes is not possible or presents an unsafe situation for the driver to avoid the emergency or wrecker vehicle, the driver must reduce the speed of the motor vehicle to a safe speed and proceed with caution past the responder vehicle. 3. “On-Scene” responder roles and responsibilities visor cards a. Defined roles and responsibilities for various incident levels i. Metro Atlanta TIME Taskforce TIM Response Matrix b. Vehicle identification chart to determine what truck wrecker service should bring i. TRAA Vehicle Identification Guide c. Would be helpful to agencies as a quick reference? 4. Conduct a coordinated, multi-agency after incident review i. Omaha-Bluffs TIM Operations Guideline 5. Establish regional quick clearance time goals for roadway and incident clearance Establishing a quick clearance time goal for roadway and incident clearance is the first step in developing performance measures and tracking clearance times. The National Unified Goal calls for a 90-minute clearance time for all non-major highway incidents. (a) FHWA Quick Clearance Resources (b) Aggressive Incident Clearance 6. Data collection (a) Traffic Incident Management strategic plan – Austin-area TIM (b) TRB guidance for implementation of TIM performance measurement association of central oklahoma governments |
| Date created | 2014-01-27 |
| Date modified | 2014-01-27 |
