Title: REPORT OF SUBCOMMITTEE ON PAVEMENT CHARACTERISTICS
Abstract: The technology for providing skid-resistant pavement surfaces is available, and the inclination to use it is becoming increasingly evident. Programs in England, Europe, Canada, and the United States are designed not only to correct locations that have experienced wet-pavement accidents or black spots as they are often referred to but also to identify conditions that cause black spots and to remedy deficiencies before they lead to accidents. These programs have built into them the potential for providing solutions to specific local problems through determining the degree and type of skid resistance needed, the availability of materials, the cost-benefit relation between improvements and accident reduction, and the setting of priorities to realize the greatest benefits. Research has shown that no single skid number is needed for all conditions. Specific conditions require any one of a family of surface types. Central governmental agencies of all nations, therefore, should prepare broad guidelines for the design of a program for reducing wet-pavement accidents that include at least the features reported on here. The guidelines should not set specific skid-resistance requirements, but should insist that each agency bearing prime responsibility for the construction and maintenance of highways design a program to reduce wet-pavement accidents that meets local needs through local solutions. (Author)
Publication Year: 1977
Publication Date: 1977-11-01
Language: en
Type: article
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