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Skidding accidents. [Volume 3], Wet-weather accident experience, human factors, and legal aspects : proceedings of a conference conducted by the Transportation Research Board, May 2-6, 1977.
Title:
Skidding accidents. [Volume 3], Wet-weather accident experience, human factors, and legal aspects : proceedings of a conference conducted by the Transportation Research Board, May 2-6, 1977.
Author:
National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.
ISBN:
9780309025768
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Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, 1976 [i.e. 1977]
Physical Description:
iv, 87 p. : ill., charts ; 28 cm.
Series:
Transportation research record ; 623
Transportation research record ; 623.
General Note:
"Transportation Research Board [and] Commission on Sociotechnical Systems, National Research Council."
Sponsored by Subcommittee on Tires, Vehicles, and Vehicle Components, Subcommittee on Pavement Characteristics, Subcommittee on Wet Weather Accident Experience, Human Factors, and Legal Aspects.
Includes abstracts of papers in French and German.
Contents:
Skidding accidents, friction numbers, and the legal aspects involved : report of the PIARC Technical Committee on Slipperiness and Evenness / K.-H. Schulze, A. Gerbaldi, J. Chavet -- Traffic accidents and road surface skidding resistance / Leonard H.M. Schlösser -- The location and treatment of urban skidding hazard sites / Leslie W. Hatherly, Arthur E. Young -- Prediction of wet surface intersection accidents from weather and skid test data / L.F. Holbrook -- Human factors in skidding : causation and prevention / Fred R. Hanscom -- Legal implications of regulations aimed at reducing wet-weather skidding accidents on highways / Larry W. Thomas -- Methodology for establishing frictional requirements / Joel M. Zuieback -- A benefit-cost model for pavement resurfacing and other countermeasures / A.D. St. John, D.W. Harwood, R.R. Blackburn -- The influence of grooving of road pavements on accident frequency / E. Zipkes -- Effectiveness of antilock brakes in passenger cars / Nathaniel H. Pulling.
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