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- Traffic_break abstract "A traffic break is any separation in the flow of traffic—naturally occurring or otherwise—along a road or highway. In heavily congested traffic, natural breaks occur rarely, thus the term traffic break most commonly refers to the manual separation of traffic, normally conducted by highway patrol officers.Most such traffic breaks are used to clear a hazardous obstruction from the road or to allow a stalled vehicle to safely make its way off the road and onto the shoulder. For example, a highway patrol officer may arrive at the site of the accident and then radio to another officer to initiate a traffic break. The second officer enters traffic before the site of the accident, turns on their warning lights, and begins weaving across multiple lanes to signal that other drivers are to slow down and remain behind the officer. The speed to which the officer slows is based on the amount of time needed to clear the accident ahead. An officer may completely stop traffic to yield larger separation. The second officer then radios ahead to the first officer, who is still at the site of the accident, and gives them a description of the last vehicle traveling ahead at regular speeds. The first officer will use this information to determine when it is safe to move the accident off the road and onto the shoulder.Traffic breaks may also be conducted to gradually slow traffic in preparation for a large accident ahead that has caused traffic to stop abruptly. This greatly reduces the chance of subsequent crashes due to motorists not braking in time. Other traffic breaks may give time for minor repairs such as adjusting the placement of a traffic sign. In very rare circumstances, civilian motorists have initiated traffic breaks. In 2004, one Alameda County man ran a traffic break to aid in the emergency landing of a small Cessna 172 on Interstate 580.When a single traffic break does not allow sufficient time to complete a task, multiple breaks may be conducted in series. This practice is called \"running a round-robin\".During times of high congestion, risky driving, or dangerous road conditions, law enforcement may institute so-called \"rolling roadblocks,\" where official vehicles line up across the road and drive at a set speed. Since anyone attempting to pass them would be doing so on the shoulder and thereby garnering a ticket from the officer, traffic speeds are kept at the desired level.".
- Traffic_break wikiPageID "1491325".
- Traffic_break wikiPageLength "3486".
- Traffic_break wikiPageOutDegree "15".
- Traffic_break wikiPageRevisionID "707443993".
- Traffic_break wikiPageWikiLink Alameda_County,_California.
- Traffic_break wikiPageWikiLink Category:Law_enforcement_techniques.
- Traffic_break wikiPageWikiLink Category:Road_transport.
- Traffic_break wikiPageWikiLink Cessna_172.
- Traffic_break wikiPageWikiLink Emergency_vehicle_lighting.
- Traffic_break wikiPageWikiLink Highway.
- Traffic_break wikiPageWikiLink Highway_patrol.
- Traffic_break wikiPageWikiLink Interstate_580_(California).
- Traffic_break wikiPageWikiLink Road.
- Traffic_break wikiPageWikiLink Road_traffic_control.
- Traffic_break wikiPageWikiLink Round-robin_tournament.
- Traffic_break wikiPageWikiLink Shoulder_(road).
- Traffic_break wikiPageWikiLink Traffic.
- Traffic_break wikiPageWikiLink Traffic_congestion.
- Traffic_break wikiPageWikiLink Traffic_sign.
- Traffic_break wikiPageWikiLinkText "Traffic break".
- Traffic_break wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Traffic_break subject Category:Law_enforcement_techniques.
- Traffic_break subject Category:Road_transport.
- Traffic_break type Technique.
- Traffic_break type Truck.
- Traffic_break comment "A traffic break is any separation in the flow of traffic—naturally occurring or otherwise—along a road or highway. In heavily congested traffic, natural breaks occur rarely, thus the term traffic break most commonly refers to the manual separation of traffic, normally conducted by highway patrol officers.Most such traffic breaks are used to clear a hazardous obstruction from the road or to allow a stalled vehicle to safely make its way off the road and onto the shoulder.".
- Traffic_break label "Traffic break".
- Traffic_break sameAs Q7832482.
- Traffic_break sameAs m.055jlv.
- Traffic_break sameAs Q7832482.
- Traffic_break wasDerivedFrom Traffic_break?oldid=707443993.
- Traffic_break isPrimaryTopicOf Traffic_break.