Interesting that for such reason the police think they are immune to traffic issues on the highways. Here in MD recently they were even jumping in front of speeding cars to try to pull over the vehicles. As you would expect, a driver did not see the cloaked officer in time and the officer died. It is easy for us safety professionals to see how the omnipresent risk of traffic outweighs the potential risk of nighttime confrontations and easy to see that walking out in front of a speeding vehicle never makes sense, it is apparently not easy for police officials with little to no safety training to recognize that. Moving a step to the tangent, the fine officer friendlies here in MD also ended up killing two people last month by closing a federal highway for funeral without notice. Imagine coming up at 65 mph upon a short stack of cars that stopped a minute earlier in the middle of the highway. A truck could not stop and killed a pregnant lady and her to-be-born-after-the accident child. Now, there are two more funerals, but I doubt they will close the highway for them, although they did close the same stretch (and more) this past weekend, inconveniencing and endangering thousands of folks for a dead dude. From the preamble: Therefore, the FHWA modifies the definition of worker to limit the high-visibility garment requirement for law enforcement personnel to those duties that involve directing traffic, investigating crashes, and handling lane closures, obstructed roadways, and disasters within the right-of-way of a Federal-aid highway. Norman -----Original Message----- From: SAFETY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom stare Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 6:43 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SAFETY] High Visibility Clothing on Roadways! FYI for those with workers or emergency responders the following is of importance to you and your crews. This comes from the site: Responder Knowledge Base, www.rkb.us Federal Government Begins Mandating High-Visibility Vests for Emergency Responders: On November 24 2008, a new federal regulation (23 CFR 634) goes into effect mandating that anyone working in the right-of-way of a federal-aid highway must be wearing high-visibility clothing that meets the requirements of ANSI / ISEA 107; 2004 edition class 2 or 3. This requirement will apply to all emergency responders. There is further information on the Responder Knowledge Base website including links to download some of the relevant documents, information concerning ANSI / ISEA 207 Public Safety Vests, certain exceptions for police officers, and information about proposed rules changes to later expand the law to cover all public roadways. An extensive write-up of the issues involved can be found at the following URL: https://www.rkb.us/contentdetail.cfm?content_id=200647 Tom StareRescue Technician _________________________________________________________________ The i'm Talkathon starts 6/24/08.  For now, give amongst yourselves. http://www.imtalkathon.com?source=TXT_EML_WLH_LearnMore_GiveAmongst