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Title: AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE
Accession Number: 00676501
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Comments are offered from an industry perspective on whether testing laboratories should be certified, and, if so, whether a product should be tested and certified by the entity that developed it. In addressing the issue of laboratory certification, it is stated that "if a respectable amount of valuable data with measurable results were able to be generated, certification would certainly increase the testing agency's credibility as well as the user's confidence." It is pointed out, however, that certification raises more questions than it answers, such as "What entity would certify the test labs? Who would establish the standardized criteria and what level of performance should be considered acceptable? and What real benefits would be realized?" It is concluded that anything we can do that will improve the overall process of making highways safer without significantly affecting development costs should be done, and the time may be right to standardize and certify testing procedures, whether performed by independent agencies or developers of the product subject to these tests.
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Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00676493
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Durkos, J CPagination: p. 25-26
Publication Date: 1995-4
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Education and Training; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Apr 5 1995 12:00AM
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