Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
- Publication
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Civil Engineering
Side Impact Collisions: Trucks Versus Sedans, Mackenzie Cheyney
Side Impact Collisions: Trucks Versus Sedans, Mackenzie Cheyney
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
The proposed project will cover the effects of FMVSS 214 addendum to include light trucks. The addition of side door beams, air bags, and a dynamic performance requirement are the main points of FMVSS 214 which will be discussed. The effects of these safety measures will be compared between light trucks and sedans. NHTSA reports regarding the effects of FMVSS 214 will be reviewed in this paper. Based on the NHTSA literature reviews, further recommendations will be made.
Effective Measures To Improve Road Safety At Toll Plazas In Ireland, David Collery, Grzegorz Gorecki
Effective Measures To Improve Road Safety At Toll Plazas In Ireland, David Collery, Grzegorz Gorecki
Civil Engineering Research in Ireland 2020
Road safety statistics from toll plazas, show that the occurrence of collisions in their vicinity is often disproportionally higher than on other sections of the same roads. Despite the presence of lower speed limits in these locations, various manoeuvres, especially on the approaches to toll plazas, pose higher risk of collisions. A lack of strictly unified design standard for Irish toll plazas is the reason for different road safety approach in various locations. The standards are mainly focused on toll plazas operation (Abuzwidah & Abdel-Aty, 2015). Also Abdel-Aty et al. (2016) mentions a clear lack of design codes or guidelines …