EFFECT OF PAVEMENT GROOVING ON MOTORCYCLE RIDEABILITY
A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE IF THE SAFETY OF THE MOTORCYCLIST WAS IMPAIRED BY PAVEMENT GROOVING AND WHICH PATTERN OF THOSE TESTED RESULTED IN THE LEAST SENSATION TO THE CYCLIST. THE SIX PAVEMENT GROOVING PATTERNS MOST FREQUENTLY CONSIDERED FOR USE ON CALIFORNIA HIGHWAYS WERE CUT LOGNITUDINALLY INTO A RELINQUISHED PCC SECTION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. SEVEN MOTORCYCLES, RANGING FROM ONE OF THE SMALLEST LEGALLY ALLOWED ON CALIFORNIA FREEWAYS TO ONE OF THE LARGEST USED, WERE MADE AVAILABLE FOR EVALUATING THESE PATTERNS. THE EVALUATION WAS MADE BY TWO EXPERIENCED MOTORCYCLISTS. THE PAVEMENT GROOVNG PATTERNS, AS TESTED IN THIS STUDY, DID NOT PRESENT A HAZARDOUS RIDING CONDITION TO THE MOTORCYCLISTS. IN GENERAL THE LIGHTER MACHINES WERE MORE SENSITIVE TO THE GROOVING PATTERNS; HOWEVER, NONE HAD A SENSITIVITY LEVEL SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE A CONTROL PROBLEM. NO INDIVIDUAL GROOVING PATTERN WAS CONSIDERED TO BE CONSISTENTLY SUPERIOR FROM A MOTORCYCLE RIDEABILITY STANDPOINT. /AUTHOR/
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Corporate Authors:
California Division of Highways
Bridge Department
Sacramento, CA United States 05914Bureau of Public Roads /US
400 7th Street, SW
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Sherman, G B
- Skog, J B
- JOHNSON, M H
- Publication Date: 1969-11
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Evaluation; Highway safety; Motorcyclists; Pavement grooving; Pavements; Riding qualities; Testing
- Uncontrolled Terms: Patterns
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00206401
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
- Report/Paper Numbers: B-3-1
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 13 2000 12:00AM