AN ICE AND SNOW DETECTION AND WARNING SYSTEM FEASIBILITY STUDY

A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF HIGHWAY DETECTION AND WARNING SYSTEMS FOR ICE, SNOW AND FROST IS PRESENTED. AMONG THE ACTIVITIES WERE A THOROUGH LITERATURE REVIEW, PAPER STUDY OF DETECTION SYSTEMS, CRITICAL REVIEW OF CURRENT AND PREVIOUS FIELD TESTS, DETERMINATION OF WARNING SIGN EFFECTIVENESS, FIELD TESTING OF SIX ICE AND SNOW DETECTION SYSTEMS, FIELD EVALUATION OF MOTORISTS' RESPONSE TO A WARNING SIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A COST-BENEFIT MODEL AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFICATIONS FOR SEVERAL TYPES OF ICE AND SNOW DETECTION AND WARNING SYSTEMS. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT SUFFICIENT DATA WERE COLLECTED FOR EVALUATING MOTORISTS' RESPONSE TO A WARNING SIGN. HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL CONTROLLED FIELD TESTS AND ANALYSIS OF THE SIX DETECTION SYSTEMS ARE NEEDED TO PROVIDE ABSOLUTE AND COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE DATA. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 254 Pp, 37 FIG, 34 TAB, 33 PHOT, 55 REF, 14 APP
• Corporate Authors:

  Midwest Research Institute

  425 Volker Boulevard
  Kansas City, MO  United States  64110-2299

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Glauz, W D
  • Blackburn, R R
  • Kobett, D R
  • Sharp, M C
• Publication Date: 1971-11

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Detection and identification; Detectors; Drivers; Feasibility analysis; Field tests; Frost; Highways; Ice; Mathematical models; Reaction time; Reviews; Snow; Warning signs; Warning systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction; Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Detecting devices
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218872
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 24 1972 12:00AM