Who Is Responsible for the Design & Defects of State Roads & Highways?
Local municipalities and state agencies are responsible to maintain and to control tens of thousands of miles under their jurisdiction. Such agencies have a legal responsibility for dangerous and defective conditions that exist on the roadways under their jurisdiction. What Types of Hazardous Road Design & Defects Cause Automobile Accidents? Automobile & Motorcycle accidents are often caused by bad roads and defective conditions of state roadways. A number of road design situations that cause automobile accidents, which include but are not limited to the following, may define dangerous & defective roadways: • Inadequate or insufficient notification of an impending condition such as construction zone • Inadequate or insufficient notification of an impending condition such as merging traffic • Inadequate or insufficient notification of an impending condition such roads affected by weather conditions • Reduction of shoulder or shoulder drop-off • Roads poorly marked with highway division
