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Security Chapter 8 - Traffic Control
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Congestion ✔✔Excessive traffic or people.
Glow-cone ✔✔A cone shaped cup that fits in the end of a flashlight and is used for signaling
directions.
Hazardous goods ✔✔Any material that is potentially dangerous to human beings or the
environment.
Prima Facia ✔✔Apparent, legally sufficient.
Minimum damage threshold ✔✔Most provinces identify how much damage must be done, in a
vehicle accident where no one has been injured, before the police must be called to the scene. This is called the minimum damage threshold. If you believe that the damage to any one vehicle exceeds this value you must call the police.
Reflective Paneling ✔✔Material on clothing, glove cuffs, signs, etc. with the ability to enhance
and send back light particles allowing greater visibility of the object to approaching vehicles.
Uniform signals ✔✔Signals that are easy to identify in a consistent unchanging manner.
three factors when engaged in emergency traffic control duties: ✔✔Maintaining professional
deportment
Maintaining the safety of those persons subject to traffic control and above all
Maintaining personal safety.
THE FIVE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF TRAFFIC CONTROL ✔✔Be Safe. Do not take
unnecessary risks
Never assume that an approaching driver has seen you
Place Roadside flares in advance of the scene if you use them
Weather conditions may make it very difficult to see a security guard
Position in the intersection is important. You must be visible to traffic at all times.
Look directly at the operator extend your right arm horizontally, pointing at him or her. Gesture the vehicles to move by bringing your right hand in front of your face, with a straight arm, beckoning the vehicle to advance.
To move traffic from the other direction, point your left arm straight, indicating traffic to move behind you, by bringing your left arm up and bending it, so that your open left hand is behind your head.
Make sure that the operators of the vehicles you are trying to control understand the directions you are giving them. Failure to understand will result in confusion, which will not only prevent the area from being cleared, but will likely result in additional congestion.
Directing the flow of traffic at night or in situations of poor visibility is more difficult than by day or in good visibility, so signals should be very distinct.
An officer safely enters an intersection by... ✔✔stopping each corner one at a time.
At the intersection, the officer should maintain a _________ position. ✔✔side-ways
An inoperable traffic light at an intersection is reason for directing traffic. ✔✔True
One long whistle blast signals traffic ✔✔Stop
When two officers are directing traffic ✔✔Only one is in charge
When directing heavy traffic ✔✔always attempt to stop vehicles in each of the lanes.
Once the turn lane traffic clears ✔✔the officer allows straight traffic to move.
___________ is critical when two officers are handling traffic direction. ✔✔Communication
An officer directing traffic should stand with his or her ______ turned toward oncoming vehicles. ✔✔Side
As a general rule, flares/traffic cones should be placed about ______ apart at an accident scene for traffic control. ✔✔15 to 20 feet.
As a general rule, an officer directing traffic should not direct traffic for more than ________ without relief. ✔✔1 hour
Devices such as whistles, glow cones on flashlights, luminous vests, and cuffs on jackets are ____________ ✔✔safety items.
