NATIONAL SAFETY CODE

This paper investigates and compares the state of the National Safety Code in the different Canadian provinces. It analyzes the history of the National Safety Code, and what developments might be expected in the next two to three years. It makes a similar examination of efforts to develop uniform weights and dimensions based on performance-based standards of vehicular stability, control, and infrastructure damage.

• Corporate Authors:

  Canadian Transportation Research Forum

  209-15 Innovation Boulevard
  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • RICHARDS, D
• Conference:
  • Going Beyond: Moving into the New Millennium
  • Location: Montreal, Canada
  • Date: 1999-5-16 to 1999-5-19
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 291-302

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway safety; Regulatory constraints; Safety management; Standards; Traffic safety; Trucking safety; Vehicle performance; Vehicle safety
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00789395
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 2000 12:00AM