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came practical with the inauguration of “creeper” lane* reserved for slow-moving vehicles eliminat. ing t^p need foKliill-paasing.
It was a traffic engineer who sought to protect drivers from running off highways at night by, tracing the outer edge of the road with a refective white line. . It was a traffic engineer who jumped on the idea of using bril1 lant reflective signs, as important to your life at night as in the daytime, so you can see them 24 hour* a day.,, * ,
It was a traffic engineer who found that trees ^and brush by in. tersection waysidel kept traffic fatalities up and that trimming or cutting them down was one of the least expensive ways of' keeping motorists alive.
It was a traffic engineer who worked with florists to plant rose bushes in dividing lanes providing a "crash harrier” for fast-moving, cars that spin off the road, and providing an dement of roadside beauty to break travel monotony.
And when the five billion dollar ■ annual highway accident bill is flnally reduced, it will be the traffic engineers who can take a rightfully earned bow.
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