Utilities and Roadside Safety (2004) / Chapter Skim
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6Legal Issues C Paul Scott Transportation departments and utility companies have two major reasons to beconcerned about utility pole collisions: • Improved safety for motorists, and • The threat of litigation.
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allowing a utility pole to be installed too close to the road. A vehicle striking this pole could be severely damaged and a motorist severely injured.
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Legal Issues 35 permittee agrees to hold the public agency harmless from any liability occurring as a result of negligence. Normally, this protects the agency from judgments assessed against it and requires the permittee to pay for legal services the agency must use because of a claim regarding the permittee's negligence.
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oped and implemented utility pole crash reduction programs. Washington State has developed such a program.
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