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National Highways traffic officers, previously Highways England traffic officers (2015–2021) and Highways Agency traffic officers (HATO 1994–2015), are employed by National Highways in England. They are a civilian service who respond to both emergency and routine incidents on the strategic road network operated by National Highways.
Former logo of the Highways Agency (1994–2015) The Highways Agency was created as an executive agency of the Department for Transport on 30 March 1994. [5]As part of the Department for Transport's 2010 Spending Review settlement, Alan Cook was appointed to lead an independent review of the government's approach to the strategic road network. [6]
To be appointed as a stopping officer, a person must: [8] be a suitable person to exercise the powers of a stopping officer, be capable of effectively exercising their powers, and; have received adequate training for the exercise of their powers. Officers must be in uniform to stop vehicles. [8] Impersonating or obstructing stopping officers is ...
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The history of the Institution of Highways and Transportation began in 1930 [1] when it was simply called the Institution of Highway Engineers and more a gentleman's club than a qualifying body. The addition of 'transportation' to the functions of highway engineers emerged from the Buchanan Report, Traffic in Towns.
The training can lead to an IHE Professional Certificate or Diploma; subjects include: active travel, asset management, highway maintenance, road safety engineering, transport development management, transport network resilience, traffic signal control, traffic signing and road markings, temporary traffic management and winter services. [6]
A Nigeria Police Force officer directing traffic at a busy intersection. One of the oldest and most basic forms of traffic policing is directing traffic. This is conducted by a traffic officer (usually only one) who stands in the middle of an intersection, using hand signals and occasionally also a whistle, a handheld traffic sign (usually a stop sign), or a handheld light stick to manage the ...
4 HATO traffic officers are not exempt from any traffic laws and must at all times comply with the posted speed limits and red traffic lights, except those for which they are exempt from. 1 comment 5 External links modified