Meanwhile, in ancient Rome, "the chariot traffic grew so intense that Caesar... declared a daytime ban on carts and chariots, 'except to transport construction materials for the temples of the gods or for other great public works or to take away demolition materials.'" I was less surprised by all that than by the existence of so many traffic professionals.
But road signs do, in fact, change -- slowly and subtly -- according to the rules embodied in a volume known as the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices or M.U.T.C.D. (Amateur road buffs instinctively want to call it the "MUTT-sid," but traffic professionals pronounce each letter).
It's also the reason I'm writing from Amsterdam, where ITT is participating in ATC Global, likely the world's largest gathering of air traffic management professionals.
According to Florida's Department of Transportation's website, distracted driving is a "pressing concern" for traffic safety professionals since 5,474 people were killed on U.S. roadways, and an estimated additional 448,000 were injured in reported distracted driving motor vehicle crashes in 2009.
The Chinese government is building a multi-lane fly-over, and in 2011 the new international airport opened to accommodate the traffic of professionals, consultants, government officials, NGO staff, researchers and business people, both expatriate and Kenyan, into the city.
Pointing to a row of small brick homes about 150 feet from the outfield fence, Mr. Weinberg said the area was no place for the noise and traffic of professional baseball games.
But this type of movement is not always thought of as trafficking by professionals or the public, who think a child has be moved across countries before they are a victim.
For the traffic safety professional community, it is of critical value to understand the association between crash occurrence and other related variables such as highway geometry, roadside features, driver characteristics, and environmental factors.
I'm not a professional traffic modeller, but I don't think I'm being too reckless in thinking the occasional dire predictions of gridlock and chaos will not come to pass.
The Village Board, which is hiring a professional traffic consultant as it reconsiders the problem of its downtown intersection, will hold a public meeting in Village Hall on Thursday at which it will take statements on the issue from the public.
It used to be the case that a great headset was something air traffic controllers and professional switchboard operators enjoyed.
