HIGHWAY SAFETY, DESIGN AND OPERATIONS. WET WEATHER PERFORMANCE, STUDDED TIRES, LACK OF UNIFORM TRAFFIC LAWS. HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS AND OVERSIGHT, MAY 18-21, 1971

TESTIMONY DEALS WITH: SKIDDING AND TIRE SKID RESISTANCE; PAVEMENT SURFACES AND THEIR SKID RESISTANCE; STUDDED TIRES IN RELATION TO SAFETY AND TO PAVEMENT WEAR; LACK OF TRAFFIC LAW UNIFORMITY; COMPARISONS BETWEEN STATE LAWS AND THE UNIFORM VEHICLE CODE; AND A SENSOR DEVICE THAT PHOTOGRAPHS SPEEDING VEHICLES AND RECORDS THEIR SPEED. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No 92-9
• Corporate Authors:

  United States Congress

  House Committee on Public Works and Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20510
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Pagination: 320 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway design; Highway safety; Moisture content; Pavements; Skid resistance; Skidding; Standardization; Studded tires; Surface course (Pavements); Texture; Traffic regulations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic laws; Wet conditions
• Old TRIS Terms: Uniform traffic laws
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226363
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1972 12:00AM