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Published opinions concerning hydroplaning and highway safety vary. At one extreme it is contended that hydroplaning has no significant influence on accidents under typical operating conditions. The other extreme maintains that hydroplaning has a great influence on wet weather accidents. Each of these opinions may be correct at specific highway sites. In general, the truth may lie somewhere between these extremes. Hydroplaning is a low-probability event, primarily because the high-intensity rainfalls necessary to flood a pavement are low-probability events. Hydroplaning, however, is so hazardous that when it does occur, criteria for surface design to reduce the probability of hydroplaning are warranted. (Author)

This paper appeared in the Transportation Research Board, A State-of-the-Art Report: The Influence of Roadway Surface Discontinuities on Safety. 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.

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p. 24-27

1984

State-of-the-Art Report

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Figures (5) ; References (13)

Crash causes; Design; Hazards; Hydroplaning; Pavement design; Pavements; Reduction (Chemistry); Risk assessment; Wet weather

Design criteria; Wet pavements

Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces

TRIS, TRB

Jan 30 1985 12:00AM

• ACCIDENT DATA RELATIONSHIPS, CHAPTER 2
• FRICTION VARIATIONS, CHAPTER 5
• PAVEMENT EDGES, CHAPTER 4
• ROUGHNESS, HOLES, AND BUMPS, CHAPTER 3
• SMALL AND LARGE VEHICLES, CHAPTER 8
• SURFACE CONTAMINANTS, CHAPTER 7
• THE INFLUENCE OF ROADWAY SURFACE DISCONTINUITIES ON SAFETY. INTRODUCTION-CHAPTER 1