SAFETY INSPECTION OF THE HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE

ACCIDENT CAUSES MAY BE ASSIGNED TO ANY COMBINATION OF FIVE FACTORS: SOCIETY, HIGHWAY USER, HIGHWAY ENVIRONMENT, HIGHWAY FACILITY, AND VEHICLE. THIS ARTICLE DEALS WITH THE LATTER TWO. SKID RESISTANCE TESTING IS CONSIDERED THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF HIGHWAY FACILITY INSPECTION. EACH OF FOUR BASIC METHODS-- PORTABLE DEVICES, CAR STOPPING DISTANCE, CAR DECELERATION, TOWED TRAILERS-- IS BRIEFLY DESCRIBED. MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION PROGRAMS MUST BE RECEIVED IN LIGHT OF THE GOALS OF ANTI-SKID PROGRAMS. IN THIS REGARD, THE NEED TO IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE FEATURES TO BE INSPECTED, BASED ON RESEARCH INTO THE RELATION BETWEEN VEHICLE CONDITION AND ACCIDENT RATE, IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT. THE TYPES OF INSPECTION SYSTEMS ARE THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED. THERE ARE BASICALLY THREE VOLUNTARY SYSTEMS: THE DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC, THE RANDOM SPOT-CHECK, AND THE TRIAL SUBSTITUTE SYSTEM. THE THREE BASIC VARIETIES OF COMPULSORY SYSTEMS ARE: STATE OWNED AND OPERATED, PRIVATE OPERATION UNDER STATE CONTRACT, PRIVATE OPERATION UNDER STATE APPOINTMENT.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Steering Committee for Workshop on Anti-Skid Program Management and presented at the workshop. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Goodwin, W A
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 21-28
• Monograph Title: Anti-Skid Program Management and Related Papers
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 376
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Inspection; Motor vehicles; Pavements; Prevention; Skid resistance; Skid resistance tests; Skid trailers; Skidding
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221632
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309019907
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-011 999
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 5 1972 12:00AM