Truck Escape Ramps

Truck Escape Ramps
Title Truck Escape Ramps PDF eBook
Author David K. Witheford
Publisher Transportation Research Board
Pages 68
Release 1992
Genre Roads
ISBN 9780309053051

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This synthesis will be of interest to highway design engineers, maintenance personnel, safety and enforcement officials, traffic engineers, and others responsible for the safe operation of large trucks on highways. Information is provided on the critical aspects of site location, design criteria, and maintenance procedures, and their relationship to truck escape ramp performance. The safety of truck drivers, other road users, and occupants of roadside properties is often imperiled by the combination of heavy trucks and steep downgrades on highways. Frequently, gearing down, applying the brakes, and using the retarding power of the engine are not sufficient to control the truck, and serious crashes can result. Many states have constructed truck escape ramps to safely remove runaway trucks from the traffic stream. This report of the Transportation Research Board provides information on the location, design, construction materials, geometrics, and construction costs of truck escape ramps. Operational considerations, such as descriptions of advance warning signs, traffic control devices at the ramp, and vehicle removal procedures are described. Information on frequency and type of usage, maintenance of the ramps, and driver-related issues is also included.

Truck Escape Ramps

Truck Escape Ramps
Title Truck Escape Ramps PDF eBook
Author Ronald W. Eck
Publisher
Pages 44
Release 1980
Genre Roads
ISBN

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Truck escape ramps

Truck escape ramps
Title Truck escape ramps PDF eBook
Author Ronald W. Eck
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 1980
Genre
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Library of Congress Subject Headings

Library of Congress Subject Headings
Title Library of Congress Subject Headings PDF eBook
Author Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher
Pages 1924
Release 2009
Genre Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN

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Library of Congress Subject Headings

Library of Congress Subject Headings
Title Library of Congress Subject Headings PDF eBook
Author Library of Congress
Publisher
Pages 968
Release 2013
Genre Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN

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Multi-Agent Safety

Multi-Agent Safety
Title Multi-Agent Safety PDF eBook
Author Juan Pimentel
Publisher SAE International
Pages 208
Release 2019-03-07
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 0768002192

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Safety has been ranked as the number one concern for the acceptance and adoption of automated vehicles since safety has driven some of the most complex requirements in the development of self-driving vehicles. Recent fatal accidents involving self-driving vehicles have uncovered issues in the way some automated vehicle companies approach the design, testing, verification, and validation of their products. Traditionally, automotive safety follows functional safety concepts as detailed in the standard ISO 26262. However, automated driving safety goes beyond this standard and includes other safety concepts such as safety of the intended functionality (SOTIF) and multi-agent safety. Multi-Agent Safety addresses the concept of safety for self-driving vehicles through the inclusion of 10 recent and highly relevent SAE technical papers. Topics that these papers feature include vehicle interaction with other vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, and other road objects. As the second title in a series on automated vehicle safety, each will contain introductory content by the Editor with 10 SAE technical papers specifically chosen to illuminate the specific safety topic of that book.

Public Roads

Public Roads
Title Public Roads PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 50
Release 1982
Genre Highway research
ISBN

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