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https://onlinepubs.trb.or...trcircular/192/192-003.pdf

Comments are made on the First International Skid Prevention Conference (1958) and the recommendations resulting from it, and on the progress in technology for providing skid-resistant pavement. Programs in England, Canada and the U.S., which are designed to correct locations experiencing wet pavement accidents as well as to remedy deficiencies before they lead to accidents, have the potential for providing solutions to local problems through determining the degree and type of skid resistance needed, the availability of materials, the cost-benefit relation between improvements and accident reduction, and the setting of priorities to realize the greatest benefit. There should be no undue reliance on any one criterion, such as skid test values for determining where pavement improvements should be made. Gaps in current knowledge and areas for future study are indicated. These areas include the following: pavement construction, maintenance, translation of wet pavement accident experience, and problems related to tires, friction measurements, skid inventories, and skid numbers.

This article appeared in the Transportation Research Circular Number 192, Summary: Second International Skid Prevention Conference. 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.

p. 7-8

1978-2

Transportation Research Circular

Digital/other

Benefit cost analysis; Improvements; Pavement maintenance; Pavements; Paving; Skid resistance; Skidding; Tires; Traffic crashes; Wet weather

Skid number; Wet pavements

Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment

TRIS, TRB

May 18 1978 12:00AM

• APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF PAVEMENT SURFACE PROPERTIES IN FRANCE
• APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF PAVEMENT SURFACE PROPERTIES IN GERMANY
• APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF PAVEMENT SURFACE PROPERTIES IN GREAT BRITAIN
• APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF PAVEMENT SURFACE PROPERTIES IN JAPAN
• APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF PAVEMENT SURFACE PROPERTIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES
• APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF PAVEMENT SURFACE PROPERTIES IN THE NETHERLANDS
• CLOSING REMARKS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL SKID PREVENTION CONFERENCE
• INTRODUCTORY REMARKS TO THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL SKID PREVENTION CONFERENCE
• REPORT OF SUBCOMMITTEE ON TIRES, VEHICLES, AND VEHICLE COMPONENTS
• REPORT OF SUBCOMMITTEE ON WET-WEATHER ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE, HUMAN FACTORS, AND LEGAL ASPECTS
• SUMMARY OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL SKID PREVENTION CONFERENCE