A Targeted Approach to the Measurement of Skid Resistance

The purpose of this paper is to describe a proposed approach that replaces skid resistance Investigatory Levels (ILs) with macrotexture ILs for high speed roads. Evaluation of the new approach on a pilot network in Western Australia showed that 85 percent of the length would be subject to macrotexture IL which can be measured more cost effectively and reliably than skid resistance. A computer program was developed to assign site categories to road sections in the pilot network using information from the Main Roads Western Australia (Main Roads) database. Database information was also used to estimate the skid resistance of road sections, and to thus identify those at risk of not meeting skid resistance ILs. Analysis of results for the pilot network indicated that only category 1 sites (traffic light controlled intersections, pedestrian/school crossings, railway level crossings, etc.) were at risk of not meeting ILs.

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• Authors:
  • Oliver, John W H
  • Halligan, Steve
• Conference:
  • Research into Practice: 22nd ARRB Conference
  • Location: Canberra , Australia
  • Date: 2006-10-29 to 2006-11-2
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 14p
• Monograph Title: Research into Practice: 22nd ARRB Conference Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Crash investigation; Databases; High speed ground transportation; Measurement; Pavement design; Pavement performance; Reliability (Statistics); School crossings; Skid resistance; Skidding; Skids
• ITRD Terms: 6410: Coefficient; 8525: Conference; 5910: Durability; 3042: Macrotexture; 6136: Measurement; 9102: Method; 2955: Pavement; 3822: Polishing; 5925: Properties; 3031: Skid resistance; 6438: Surface; 3053: Surface texture
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Pavements; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

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• Accession Number: 01041515
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1876592494
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 30 2007 1:31PM