DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROGRAM TO REDUCE SKID ACCIDENTS

Provision of skid-resistant pavement surfaces adequate to meet the needs of the motoring public on a wide range of facilities requires a systematic approach. The system employed should have reliable testing procedures to determine friction, criteria to determine corrective action and predictable specifications for surfacing materials to obtain the desired performance. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has adopted procedures based on a long history of research and development to obtain an economical and predictable skid resistant performance for pavements. The testing program, corretction criteria and specification development using a Skid Resistance Level (SRL) criterion for aggregates is described.

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  • This article appeared in Transportation Research Record No. 622, Skidding Accidents: Pavement Characteristics. 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:
  • Gramling, Wade L
• Conference:
  • Second International Skid Prevention Conference
  • Location: Columbus Ohio, United States
  • Date: 1977-5-2 to 1977-5-6
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 85-90
• Monograph Title: Skidding Accidents: Pavement Characteristics. Proceedings of a Conference Conducted by the Transportation Research Board, May 2-6, 1977
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 622
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Development; Friction; Materials; Pavement grooving; Pavements; Prevention; Research; Safety; Skid resistance; Skid resistance tests; Skidding; Specifications
• Uncontrolled Terms: Research and development
• Old TRIS Terms: Materials specifications
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; Pavements; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163886
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 309025753
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-021 439
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM