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THE GENERAL PROBLEMS OF SECURING FOR INDIVIDUALS THEIR COMMON LAW RIGHT TO REDRESS FOR DAMAGE DONE TO THEM ON HIGHWAYS ARE DISCUSSED. THE FINANCIALLY IRRESPONSIBLE DRIVER CONSITUTES A SERIOUS PROBLEM. BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY AND EXPENSE OF PROVING RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH COURT ACTION, TWO PROPOSALS WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN ENACTED INTO LAW WERE MADE: (1) ASSUMING THAT ACCIDENTS AND THE DAMAGE ARE AN INEVITABLE PART OF HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION, VEHICLE OWNERS SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE REGARDLESS OF THE CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE OF THE INJURED PARTY, AND (2) ASSUMING THAT ALL ARE EXPOSED TO THE RISK OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, EACH INDIVIDUAL SHOULD CARRY PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE.

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Highway Research Board Proceedings

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Drivers; Financial responsibility; Highway transportation; Laws; Traffic crashes

Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors

TRIS, TRB

Jun 1 1971 12:00AM

• COST ECONOMIES IN CONCRETE BRIDGES-A RESUME OF CURRENT STRUCTURAL RESEARCH
• DETERMINATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS OF BITUMEN FOR USE IN SURFACE APPLICATIONS, MIXED IN PLACE AND SIMILAR ROAD SURFACES
• DISCUSSION ON DURABILITY OF CONCRETE
• EFFECT OF FLAT AND ELONGATED PARTICLES IN MINERAL AGGREGATES
• EXTENT OF DESIRABILITY FOR STATE CONTROL OF TRAFFIC REGULATION IN MUNICIPALITIES
• FILLERS AND CUSHION COURSES FOR BRICK AND BLOCK PAVEMENTS
• GENERAL DISCUSSION ON HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
• LAW OBSERVANCE AND ENFORCEMENT METHODS
• MAINTENANCE COSTS
• PROGRESS REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CURING OF CONCRETE PAVEMENT SLABS
• PROGRESS REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAY FINANCE
• RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND APPLIANCES
• RELATION BETWEEN DURABILITY OF CONCRETE AND DURABILITY OF AGGREGATES
• REMOVAL OF ICE FROM PAVEMENTS
• REPAIR OF PAVEMENT SETTLEMENTS
• Report of Committee on Design
• REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION
• THE ACCIDENT-PRONE DRIVER
• THE DESIGN OF A CONCRETE MIXTURE
• THE DURABILITY OF CONCRETE
• THE RELATION OF CERTAIN FROST PHENOMENA TO THE SUBGRADE
• TRAFFIC CAPACITY
• TRAFFIC CONTROL MECHANISMS
• TRAFFIC SURVEY METHODS AND FORMS
• VEHICLE AND HIGHWAY MECHANICS AS RELATED TO TRAFFIC