<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>TRB Publications Index</title><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/</link><atom:link href="http://pubsindex.trb.org/common/TRIS Suite/feeds/rss.aspx?tc=NN%3AQbddku%2A" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright © 2015. National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.</copyright><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><managingEditor>tris-trb@nas.edu (Bill McLeod)</managingEditor><webMaster>tris-trb@nas.edu (Bill McLeod)</webMaster><image><title>TRB Publications Index</title><url>http://pubsindex.trb.org/Images/PageHeader-wTitle.png</url><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/</link></image><item><title>Registration of Road Vehicle Rescue Actions as a Basis for Traffic Safety Measures</title><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/1138894</link><description><![CDATA[Traffic safety is one of the areas prioritized by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, and efforts have been made to improve the basis for establishing which locations are generally hazardous or pose a heightened risk in winter. This is the reason for looking into the possibility of increasing the volume of data available for traffic safety analysis by systematically registering road vehicle rescues by means of a personal data assistant (smartphone). The main idea behind the Road Rescue Research and Development project is to develop a new method for electronic registration of towing operations. The system has been collaboratively developed by a number of parties with different objectives: (1) Road rescue operators: to simplify their further processing of incidents; (2) The insurance company: to simplify and speed up the process of obtaining documentation of conditions at the accident site; and (3) The Public Roads Administration: to obtain an overview of accident locations on the road network with a view to implementing road repairs and strengthening road maintenance services. In winter, this can, for example, involve the improvement of winter road operations on routes that are especially prone to accidents. All registrations are treated confidentially and only the above mentioned agencies can access the material obtained. Photos are taken on site to supplement the other records that are made.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:32:56 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/1138894</guid></item></channel></rss>