HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM PRIORITIES SEMINAR, FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA JULY 18-20, 1969. PROCEEDINGS, VOL 5: SPEED RELATED ACCIDENT COUNTERMEASURES AND THEIR PRIORITIES

IN DISCUSSING SPEED IN RELATION TO ACCIDENTS, IT IS WELL TO DELINEATE THREE SENSES IN WHICH THE TERM MIGHT BE USED: VERY HIGH SPEED, NEAR OR OVER 100 MPH, IN WHICH THE SPEED FACTOR DOMINATES AS A CAUSATIVE AGENT OF ACCIDENTS; EXCESSIVE SPEED FOR CONDITIONS, RANGING FROM ZERO TO DESIGN SPEEDS, A CATEGORY ENCOMPASSING MANY OF THE SPEEDING CITATIONS ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH ACCIDENTS; AND DIFFERENTIAL SPEED OR SPEED GRADIENTS IN THE TRAFFIC STREAM, AN OVERLAPPING SET WITH BOTH EXCESSIVE AND INADEQUATE SPEEDS, A FACTOR IMPLICIT IN OTHER IMPROPER DRIVING CATEGORIES. THE MANNER IN WHICH SPEED IN THESE SENSES INFLUENCES CRASH CAUSATION, THE PRESENT COUNTERMEASURES BEING TAKEN TO COPE WITH ITS ADVERSE EFFECTS, AND ALTERNATIVES WORTH EXPLORING ARE DISCUSSED. PAYOFFS FOR COUNTERMEASURES ARE INCLUDED. /HSL/

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • Report No PB-186 272, 83 PP, 13 REF
  • Corporate Authors:

    National Highway Safety Bureau /US

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  • Publication Date: 1969

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  • Accession Number: 00220696
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Apr 20 1970 12:00AM