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The movement of dangerous materials poses potential health and safety hazards to many citizens along routes of travel. The purpose of this paper is to identify the type and frequency of hazardous materials being transported over Virginia highways. Analyses of field interviews with 7,591 truckers to determine type of hazardous cargoes, their orgins and destinations, and the compliance with federal and state placarding regulations are presented. Results of the study indicate that approximately 3.6 percent of all trucks on Virginia highways contain hazardous materials, most of them carry flammable liquids. /Author/

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Transportation Research Record

54th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

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Commodities; Flammable liquids; Freight transportation; Hazardous materials; Interviewing; Regulations; Shipping; Truck drivers; Trucks

Freight Transportation; Highways; Law; Marine Transportation; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors

TRIS, TRB

May 14 1976 12:00AM

• CHEMICAL TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY CENTER
• DETERMINING HIGHWAY SHOCK INDEX
• HOT-MIXED MEMBRANE FOR BRIDGE DECK PROTECTION
• PARTIAL-DEPTH PRECAST CONCRETE PATCHING
• TRANSPORTABILITY CRITERIA HANDBOOK (ABRIDGMENT)
• U.K. DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE SINCE THE MARSHALL REPORT
• USER DELAY COST MODEL FOR HIGHWAY REHABILITATION