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https://onlinepubs.trb.or...trcircular/192/192-007.pdf

The paper describes the manner in which the British Central Government has translated the results of reserach into specification requirements taking into consideration the constraints acting on the situation. The advantages are pointed out of publishing the skid resistance standards for new construction and for maintenance as separate documents. The new guidance standards are limited to bituminous surfacings for new roads and are expressed in terms of requirements for aggregate properties, PSV (polished stone value) and Aggregate Abrasion Values (AAV), and texture depth to match skidding resistance with different categories of highway layout and traffic flow. The inputs to the skidding resistance policy making include the results of research relating to site categories, risk ratings, correlations (risk rating, textrue depth, PSV, AAV-sideway force coefficient), and effect of braking. The constraints relate to aggregate availability, surfacing materials and construction techniques, the need to balance cost with safety, and legal implications. The standards are formulated for surfacings designed to provide a level of skidding resistance (sideway force coefficient) above the appropriate minimum throughout its anticipated life by relating its PSV and AAV to the commercial traffic flow expected to be using it at the end of that life.

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.

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Abrasions; Aggregates; Braking; Hazards; Highway design; Legal factors; Pavement maintenance; Pavement management systems; Pavements; Paving; Policy; Polished stone value test; Research; Risk assessment; Skid resistance; Specifications; Standards; Surface course (Pavements); Texture; Traffic flow

Geotechnology; Highways; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Policy; Research; Safety and Human Factors

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 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 PAVEMENT CHARACTERISTICS
• 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