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This paper presents a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) perspective on updating National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 350. The comments cover the following topics: tolerances for test installations; foundations; new FHWA memorandum (July 25, 1997) and reporting requirements; number of tests needed; test speeds, test angles, and test vehicles; international testing procedures and laboratory certification; and evaluation and acceptance criteria.

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E-C002, Part 2

English

p. 17-19

1998-7

Transportation Research Circular

Future Directions in Roadside Safety

Acceptance; Certification; Crash tests; Engineering tolerance; Foundations; Guardrails; Impact; Improvements; International; Laboratories; Modernization; Performance evaluations; Perspective views; Reports; Roadside; Safety; Speed; Standards; Test vehicles; Workshops

U.S. Federal Highway Administration

Criteria; Impact angle; Impact speed; Reporting

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

TRIS, TRB

Aug 25 1998 12:00AM

• ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATING ROADSIDE SAFETY SYSTEMS
• EVALUATION OF ROADSIDE FEATURES TO ACCOMMODATE VANS, MINI-VANS, PICKUP TRUCKS AND 4-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES
• FHWA PERSPECTIVE ON UPDATING NEEDS
• OTHER SAFETY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION CRITERIA
• REVIEW OF TEST MATRICES AND CONDITIONS