INTERNATIONAL SAFER ROADS CONFERENCE - MAY 2008
Please select from the papers below:
Stakeholder Session - Graham Bowskill chairing
Maria Novkov - IRF - See Presentations
Vijay Ramdas - TRL - See Presentations
Mark Stephenson - Cornwall County Council - See Presentations
British Horse Society - Mark Weston - See Presentations
British Motorcycle Association - Chris Hodder - See Presentations
Road User Alliance - Tim Green - See Presentations
RAC - Sheila Rainger - See Presentations
ROSPA - Kevin Clinton - See Presentations
Freight Transport Association - James Firth - See Presentations
Police - Mark Lamb - See Presentations
1Emergency Services - Simon Moore - See Presentations
Technical Session - Policy - Richard Wills chairing
Mark Stephenson - The management of Skidding using SCRIM Investigatory levels to identify, manage and set priorities
UK
Sergio Vargas - Experience on the Development of a National Friction Standard for Chile
Chile
Edward Lawrence - Good Practice - Safe Roads
Marta Pagola - State of art of surface adherence considerations in Argentina
Argentina
Charles Catt - The practical application of research in the development of a local authority skidding policy
Justin Weligamage - A Management Plan for Skid Resistance on the Queensland State-Controlled Road Network
Australia
Noppadol Piyatrapoomi - Identifying Relationship between Skid Resistance and Road Crashes using Probability-based Approach
Colin Brodie - Risk Ranking of Curves on NZ State Highways for Skid Resistance Monitoring and Treatment
NZ
Peter Roe - Skid resistance policy in the UK – where did it come from and where is it going?
Materials - Simon Vanderbyl chairing
Peter Cenek - Factors influencing the In-Service Skid Resistance Performance of Aggregates
David Woodward - The Effect of Aggregate Type and Size on the Performance of Thin Surfacing Materials
UK-NI
Donald Burton - The skid resistance of aggregate blends on in-service pavements
Alan Dunford - The Wehner Schulze machine and its potential use to improve aggregate specification
David Woodward - Prediction of UK Surfacing Skid Resistance using Wehner Schulze and PSV
Douglas Wilson - Comparison of Skid Resistance Performance between Greywackes and Melter Slag Aggregates in New Zealand
Stacy Williams - An Investigation of the Design Parameters Affecting the Microtexture and Macrotexture of 4.75mm Superpave Mixtures
USA
Matthias Haselbauer - Influence of flow conditions in porous asphalts on pollution and cleaning
Germany
Murray Clarke - Improved Skid Resistance Through Small Chip Seal Design
Implementation - Jim Barton chairing
Louise Cauldwell - Implementation of HD28 in England
Helen Viner - Skid policy – guidance for implementation
Donald Morrison - Implementing a Revised Skid Policy into Scotland
John Donbavand - Relationship between Skid Resistance and Accidents on Local Roads in the South West of England
Paul Hillier - Blame it on the Rain
Terry Boyle - SCRIM - A Project Tool!
Andy Stevenson - Using SCRIM investigatory levels to identify, manage and set priorities - the investigation process
Paul Hardy - The role of skid resistance measurement and reporting in the development of highway asset risk management procedures
Measurement - Mark Owen chairing
John Donbavand - Long Term Study of Skid Resistance on in-service Roads in England
Philip Blagdon - A New Method for Referencing Skid Resistance Measurements
Sergio Vargas - Assessment of Skid Resistance in Chilean Road Network
Dave Cook - Establishing Equilibrium Skid Resistance
Peter Maurer - Skid resistance evaluation of Austrian tunnels
Austria
Helen Viner
Sergio Vargas - Proposal of a comparison method to assess skid resistance and macrotexture measured with different devices
John Bullas - Bituplaning: The Truth and the Friction concerning Dry Friction and New Bituminous Road Surfaces
Safety Engineering - John Smart chairing
Marco Pasetto - Study on the Effect of Surface Texture Saturation of Road Pavements with Drop on Road Markings
Italy
Richard Jordan - The effect of de-icers on skid resistance and skidding accidents
Ville Alatyppo - Efficiency of runway de-icing chemicals in practice
Finland
Jose R. Marcobal - Developing Surface Treatments Performance Models. Application for Microgrinding and Blasting
Spain
Noel Nancekivell - Safety and Innovation are part of the delivery of the ALPURT B2 motorway extension in New Zealand
Don Ivey - Innovations in Asphaltic Pavement Edge Profiles to Improve Safety and Reduce Maintenance Costs
Ali Zayerzadeh - Converting a Roundabout to an Intersection and Its Effects on Crash Rates: Case Study in Mashad City of Iran
Iran
Technical Session - Safety Studies - Alison Jones chairing
Cassandra Simpson - Performance of High Skid Resistant Surfaces - Crash Trends
Peter Roe - Early life skid resistance – an assessment of accident risk
Ramesh Sinhal - How successful has the UK skid policy been?
Johan Granlund - A new approach to prevent skid accidents on bumpy roads
Sweden
Paul Hillier - Only a Macro Task?
Geoffrey Crabb - The Impact of Street Lighting on Night-Time Road Casualties
Mark Owen - NZ State Highway - Skid Resistance Successes
Technical Session - Legal Perspective - Stephen Child chairing
Carey Griffiths - A Multi-Agency Risk-Targeting Model: The New Zealand Perspective
Simon Labbett - When the Wheels Fall Off
Paul Hillier - Only a Snapshot in Time
Tim Sterling - The role of the expert in litigation and using this experience to encourage best practice
Ros Baldock - Understanding the RDIM and corporate manslaughter Act