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Sign campaign results in fewer wrecks, says National Park Service
FROM BLUERIDGENOW.COM (Hendersonville Times-News)
An aggressive signage campaign has drastically reduced the number of wrecks along the Blue Ridge Parkway over the last 10 years, the National Park Service reports, making a leisurely drive along the National Park Service's most-visited attraction a far safer experience.
Signs warning drivers of possible hazards were placed along the Parkway, which draws 20 million visitors annually, beginning in 2002....
In 2001, a traffic study was initiated to determine the number of motor vehicle accidents along the Parkway during a five-year period, after a year that saw 450 wrecks on the Parkway in North Carolina and Virginia, according to Stinnett.
In 2011, the Parkway saw about 250 wrecks in the two states....
An aggressive signage campaign has drastically reduced the number of wrecks along the Blue Ridge Parkway over the last 10 years, the National Park Service reports, making a leisurely drive along the National Park Service's most-visited attraction a far safer experience.
Signs warning drivers of possible hazards were placed along the Parkway, which draws 20 million visitors annually, beginning in 2002....
In 2001, a traffic study was initiated to determine the number of motor vehicle accidents along the Parkway during a five-year period, after a year that saw 450 wrecks on the Parkway in North Carolina and Virginia, according to Stinnett.
In 2011, the Parkway saw about 250 wrecks in the two states....
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