TREATMENT OF ROADSIDE HAZARDS-DECISION AND DESIGN
AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO SYSTEMATIZE THE IDENTIFICATION, PRIORITY RANKING, AND TREATMENT OF ROADSIDE HAZARDS, THOSE SIDE-OF-THE ROAD FEATURES AND APPURTENANCES THAT BY NATURE AND LOCATION MAKE THE SEVERITY OF COLLISIONS HIGHER THAN NECESSARY. A CONSIDERATION OF THE EFFECT OF ROADWAY GEOMETRICS AND THE NATURE AND LOCATION OF THE HAZARD PERMITS THE IDENTIFICATION OF OBJECTS AS HAZARDS TO BE MADE IN A STRAIGHTFORWARD MANNER. A PRIORITY-OF-TREATMENT RATING SYSTEM IS INTRODUCED, AND IT TOO IS BASED ON THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE ASCRIBED TO EACH OF THE CHARACTERISTICS RELATING TO THE HAZARD. A NUMBER OF TYPICAL DESIGNS ARE INCLUDED, BASED ON MATERIALS AND DEVICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR THE TREATMENT OF HAZARD CONDITIONS ON URBAN EXPRESSWAYS. /AUTHOR/
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Corporate Authors:
Highway Research Board (HRB)
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Authors:
- Cantilli, Edmund J
- Lee, Bumjung
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Conference:
- Second Western Summer Meeting
- Location: Salt Lake City Utah, United States
- Date: 1969-8-11 to 1969-8-13
- Publication Date: 1970
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 101-108
- Monograph Title: Highway safety
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Special Report
- Issue Number: 107
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash severity; Expressways; Geometric design; Hazards; High risk drivers; Prevention; Ratings; Roadside; Safety; Urban highways
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00203460
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Jul 21 1970 12:00AM