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1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590
September 27, 2007
In Reply Refer To: HSSD/WZ-259
Mr. John Simms Vice President Traffic Services, Inc. 405 East Terrace Drive Plant City, FL 33563-9020 Dear Mr. Simms: In your letter of August 14, 2007, you requested the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) acceptance of your company’s TSI S102 Sign Stand as a crashworthy traffic control device for use in work zones on the National Highway System (NHS). Accompanying your letter was the FHWA Office of Safety Design form and test report documentation including a DVD compilation of relevant crash tests conducted by E-Tech Testing Services. A summary of the test results that include a drawing and specifications are enclosed for reference. You requested that we find this portable A-frame sign stand acceptable for use on the NHS under the provisions of National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 350 “Recommended Procedures for the Safety Performance Evaluation of Highway Features.” This letter is the acknowledgement of the FHWA’s acceptance of your request. The original completed form has been modified by the addition of the FHWA acceptance letter number WZ-259. The form, of which a copy is enclosed for reference, will be posted on our Web site in the near future.
Sincerely yours,
George E. Rice, Jr. Acting Director, Office of Safety Design Office of Safety
Enclosure
2 FHWA:HSSD:MLupes:tb:x66994:9/18/07 File: s://directory folder/mlupes/.doc cc: HSSD (Reader, HSA; Chron File, HSSD; M.Lupes, HSSD M.McDonough, HSSD)
1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590
September 27, 2007
In Reply Refer To: HSSD/WZ-259
Mr. John Simms Vice President Traffic Services, Inc. 405 East Terrace Drive Plant City, FL 33563-9020 Dear Mr. Simms: In your letter of August 14, 2007, you requested the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) acceptance of your company’s TSI S102 Sign Stand as a crashworthy traffic control device for use in work zones on the National Highway System (NHS). Accompanying your letter was the FHWA Office of Safety Design form and test report documentation including a DVD compilation of relevant crash tests conducted by E-Tech Testing Services. A summary of the test results that include a drawing and specifications are enclosed for reference. You requested that we find this portable A-frame sign stand acceptable for use on the NHS under the provisions of National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 350 “Recommended Procedures for the Safety Performance Evaluation of Highway Features.” This letter is the acknowledgement of the FHWA’s acceptance of your request. The original completed form has been modified by the addition of the FHWA acceptance letter number WZ-259. The form, of which a copy is enclosed for reference, will be posted on our Web site in the near future.
Sincerely yours,
George E. Rice, Jr. Acting Director, Office of Safety Design Office of Safety
Enclosure
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Attachment 1
FEDERAL IDGHW AY ADMINISTRATIONOFFICE OF SAFETY DESIGN
Category 2 Work Zone Device Acceptance Letter
-1777
''[email protected] / Engineer Name and AddressJohn F. LaTurner, P.E.E-TECH Testing Services, Inc.3617B Cincinnati Ave.Rocklin, CA 95765I hereby certify that the testing that supports this Acceptance Letter was conducted inaccordance with NCHRP Report 350 guidelines, that the device(s) tested is/areaccurately described on this fonn, and that the test results indicate that the devicemeets all applicable NCHRP Report 350 evaluation criteria.I have evaluated the requested modifications to these devices previously foundacceptable by the FHW A in Acceptance Letter WZ--, and hereby certify that, inmy opinion, the modifications do not adversely affect the crash perfonnance of thedevices. I also certify that these devices are accurately described on this fonn.
Type of Device (See page 3): A-Frame Sign Stand
Composition of Sign or Rail substrate (See Page 3):Sign : aluminum -solid;Rail:1 v,."xiv"" x 102asteelan2le
Thickness of substrate (inches): 0.080" thick signHeight of sign from the ground (inches), if applicable: (See Page 3):Low - 12"
Flags and or lights present during test? Indicate number of each:# of flags: None # oflights: None Weight oflights: N/A ea.
TSI S102 Si2n Stand
Attachment 1
Detailed Desc.Of Device,Materials, sizes,Fasteners,SubstratesFoundation,Aux. FeaturesBallast, etc.
See E-TECH Report #309
Attachment 1
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION Letter NumberOFFICE OF SAFETY DESIGN W~- 'Zs-q
Category 2 Work Zone Device Acceptance Letter Date 7/17/07
Mandatory AttachmentsAttachment # 1: Test data summarypage(s)
Attach. #la I Test #65-9912-001Attach. # 1bAttach. # 1c
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Attachment # 1: Description and discussion ofmodification(s) tocrash tested and/or accepted device.
Date:
Attachment # 2: PDF drawing(s) of device(s)Attach. #2a I Drawing Title:
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