VEHICLE AND HIGHWAY MECHANICS AS RELATED TO TRAFFIC

THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS FOR PROSPECTIVE RESEARCH ARE OUTLINED: HEADLIGHTING, RIGHT-OF-WAY, OVERTAKING AND PASSING, MECHANICS OF STEERING, AND VEHICLE BRAKES. EXISTING INFORMATION IS REVIEWED. CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE EFFECT OF HIGHWAY ILLUMINATION ON (1) SAFETY OF MAIN HIGHWAYS AFTER DARK, (2) THE DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS TO PERSONS AND CARS, AND (3) THE ECONOMICS OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC.

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/10/10-015.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 10, pp 226-232. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Dickinson, H C
  • Parrot, R P
• Publication Date: 1931

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 11-12, 1930
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 10
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brakes; Crash rates; Headlamps; Passing; Steering; Street lighting
• Candidate Terms: Highway economics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Right of way
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220993
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 1 1971 12:00AM