The clear zone concept for roadside design emerged in the mid-1960s as a single distance for lateral clearance that reduced the likelihood of an errant vehicle striking a roadside obstacle. Subsequent recovery area guidance that evolved over the next two decades provided a variable distance expressed in terms of traffic volume, design speed, sideslope, and other roadway and roadside factors. NCHRP Research Report 1097: Development of Clear Recover Area Guidelines , from TRB’s National Cooperative Highway…