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Monograph

This issue contains 13 papers concerned with the safety of trucks, buses and motorcycles. Specific topics discussed include the following: hours of service and truck crash risk; freeway truck lane restriction and differential speed limits; the condition of trucks and their crash involvement; noise level, whole-body vibration, and air quality inside cabs of heavy-duty diesel trucks; type of motor carrier and driver history in fatal bus crashes; the safety benefits from a heavy-vehicle forward collision warning system; a rearview video system as a countermeasure for truck backing crashes; rating roads for motorcyclist safety; novice motorcycle riders; right-angle crash vulnerability of motorcycles at signalized intersections; effects of horizontal curvature on single-vehicle motorcycle crashes; parking design for motorcycles; and riding behavior of heterogeneous young motorcyclists.

English

122p

2010

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309160704

Print

Figures; References; Tables

Backing (Driving); Bus crashes; Bus drivers; Buses; Cabs (Vehicle compartments); Commercial vehicles; Heavy duty trucks; Highway safety; Hours of labor; Motor carriers; Motorcycle crashes; Motorcycles; Motorcyclists; Novices; Parking; Signalized intersections; Speed limits; Truck crashes; Truck drivers; Trucks; Vehicle factors in crashes; Vehicle fitness; Vehicle safety

Crash risk; Forward collision warning; Horizontal curvature; Lane restrictions; Rearview cameras

Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 18 2011 1:03PM

• Condition of Trucks and Truck Crash Involvement: Evidence from the Large Truck Crash Causation Study
• Effects of Horizontal Curvature on Single-Vehicle Motorcycle Crashes Along Rural Two-Lane Highways
• Evaluation of Noise Level, Whole-Body Vibration, and Air Quality Inside Cabs of Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles: Parked Engine Idling and On-Road Driving
• Evaluation of Safety Benefits from a Heavy-Vehicle Forward Collision Warning System
• Freeway Truck Lane Restriction and Differential Speed Limits: Crash Analysis and Traffic Characteristics
• Hours of Service and Truck Crash Risk: Findings from Three National U.S. Carriers During 2004
• Rating Roads for Motorcyclist Safety: Development of a Motorcycle Road Assessment Program
• Rearview Video System as Countermeasure for Trucks’ Backing Crashes: Evaluating the System’s Effectiveness by Controlled Test
• Review of Parking Design Practices for Motorcycles
• Right-Angle Crash Vulnerability of Motorcycles at Signalized Intersections: Mixed Logit Analysis
• Structure Discrepancy of Riding Behavior of Heterogeneous Young Motorcyclists in Taiwan
• Survey of Novice Motorcycle Riders and Their Riding Experience Before Licensing
• Type of Motor Carrier and Driver History in Fatal Bus Crashes