My agency is interested in using a new device that a manufacturer has developed, but it’s not covered in the MUTCD. Can we use it?
Before a new product is used on a street or highway open to the public, the agency having jurisdiction over the roadway must ensure the device conforms to the provisions of the MUTCD. New designs, devices, or applications not covered in or not in compliance with the MUTCD can only be used on roads open to the public if FHWA experimentation approval is received. Inventors or manufacturers of new devices should work with State or local highway agencies that are interested in using the device to address known problems that they feel existing devices are insufficiently effective in solving. Experimentation approval must be requested from FHWA by the public highway agency having jurisdiction over the road on which the experimental device is proposed to be installed. See Section 1A.10 and the Experimentations page on this web site for details on what information must be included in the experimentation request. One of the most important items is a well thought out and scientifically credible
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