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Title:

FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN ROADSIDE SAFETY TESTING PROCEDURES - HARDWARE INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE

Accession Number:

00752226

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00978515

Abstract:

Testing procedures for roadside safety features is only one part of the integrated activities that result in a safety device being designed, developed, tested, evaluated, approved as acceptable highway hardware and implemented for use on the national highway system. From the perspective of a hardware industry representative, addressing the concerns of the hardware industry requires looking at the whole design, development, testing, evaluation, approval, implementation and use process. The types of issues encountered by the hardware industry that reduce its ability to be successful include the following: developing products to pass new standards when the new standards are not enforced; developing products to standards that are vague or inconsistently interpreted; developing products that have short product lives due to further changes in the standards causing the products to become obsolete; and concerns that products will be misapplied and result in unacceptable performance, injuries, fatalities and product liability problems. This presentation focuses on the key issues that affect these concerns and then breaks the issues down into specific categories.

Supplemental Notes:

This publication is available on the World Wide Web at "http://www.nas.edu/trb/publications/ec002/part1.html"; there are 3 parts. 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

Report/Paper Numbers:

E-C002, Part 3

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Denman, O S

Pagination:

p. 9-13

Publication Date:

1998-7

Serial:

Transportation Research Circular

Issue Number: E-C002
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0097-8515

Conference:

Future Directions in Roadside Safety

Location: Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Date: 1997-7-27 to 1997-7-30
Sponsors: Committee on Roadside Safety Features (A2A04), Transportation Research Board, National Research Council

Features:

Photos (3) ; References (3)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Research and development

Subject Areas:

Design; Highways; Law; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Aug 26 1998 12:00AM

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