TRAINING TRACKS FOR DRIVING ON SLIPPERY ROADS IN SWEDEN AND NORWAY

LIUKKAAN KELIN HARJOITTELURADAT RUOTSISSA JA NORJASSA

Even experienced drivers--to say nothing of new licence owners--can be surprised by slippery road conditions. Driving schools do not give much training for such conditions and the first experience is normally gained in traffic. Accident statistics highlight this problem. More than 25 per cent of all accidents in Helsinki take place under icy and snowy conditions. More than one-fifth of all accidents occur on wet roads. It may be assumed that advance training could reduce such accidents. In Sweden and Norway driving schools include training under slippery conditions in specific training areas. Such training is obligatory for car and van drivers (b licence) provided that there is a specified training track at certain distance (80 km in Sweden, 60 km in Norway). In Norway licence owners have to take a new "skidding" driving course two years from the date they obtained their first licence. For other licence owners training under slippery conditions is not obligatory. Some people train voluntarily, however. The ad hoc group of the Ministry of Communications suggests such training also for Finland. If this suggestion is taken up training grounds open throughout the year are required. The author visited some training tracks in Sweden and Norway last spring. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Finnish Road Association

  Vironkatu 6
  00170 Helsinki 17,   Finland 
• Authors:
  • PIHLAJA, M
• Publication Date: 1982-7

Language

• Finnish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 299-304
• Serial:
  • TIE JA LIIKENNE

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Black ice; Driver licenses; Driver training; Driving; Handling characteristics; Ice; Pavements; Prevention; Safety; Skidding; Slipperiness; Snow; Snow removal; Standards; Surface course (Pavements); Surfacing; Test tracks; Truck drivers; Vans; Wet weather
• Uncontrolled Terms: Wet pavements
• Geographic Terms: Norway; Sweden
• ITRD Terms: 2567: Black ice; 1243: Car; 1234: Delivery vehicle; 1571: Driver training; 8084: Norway; 1645: Skidding; 2552: Snow; 2972: Surfacing; 8109: Sweden; 2789: Test track; 1646: Vehicle handling; 3015: Wet road
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00369524
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1983 12:00AM