REDUCTION OF WET PAVEMENT ACCIDENTS ON LOS ANGELES METROPOLITAN FREEWAYS

IMPROVED PAVEMENT SURFACE CONSTRUCTION METHODS FOR NEW PAVEMENTS AND THE USE OF PAVEMENT GROOVING AND THIN BLANKETS FOR EXISTING PAVEMENTS ARE DISCUSSED. FINISHING AND TEXTURING TECHNIQUES OF PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENTS ARE INVESTIGATED. BEFORE AND AFTER ACCIDENT STUDIES OF PAVEMENT GROOVING PROJECTS INDICATE A REDUCTION OF 85% OF THE WET PAVEMENT ACCIDENTS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rpt No Sae 710574, 16 PP, TABS, PHOTS
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Farnsworth, E E
  • JOHNSON, M H
• Publication Date: 1971

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Pavement grooving; Pavements; Portland cement concrete; Skid resistance; Surface course (Pavements); Texture; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221500
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 24 1972 12:00AM