The influence of an increasing variety of safety barriers on road safety
- The paper describes the development of transitions between different safety barriers in Germany but also in the context of the European standardization. In the paper practical and impact test expriences with transitions are shown. In view of the sheer number of theoretically possible combinations of safety barriers, the demand for testing every transition, even if the connecting safety barriers differ only slightly, appears to be economically unacceptable. On the other hand the experience from accidents and also from failed impact tests shows that transitions can be a risk to traffic safety. Therefore criteria for the distinction between transitions (impact test required/impact test unnecessary) are explained. In order to distinguish transitions which do not have to be impact-tested from those that require impact tests, criteria were developed and formulated.
Author: | Janine Kübler |
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Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2015/08/25 |
Year of first publication: | 2014 |
Release Date: | 2015/08/25 |
Tag: | Anfahrversuch; Europa; Norm (tech); Schutzeinrichtung; Sicherheit; Standardisierung Europe; Impact test (veh); Safety; Safety fence; Specification (standard); Standardization |
Comment: | Volltext unter: http://tra2014.traconference.eu/papers/html/papers.html |
Source: | Transport Research Arena 2014 |
Institutes: | Abteilung Straßenverkehrstechnik / Abteilung Straßenverkehrstechnik |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften / 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten |
collections: | BASt-Beiträge / ITRD Sachgebiete / 10 Wirtschaft und Verwaltung |
BASt-Beiträge / ITRD Sachgebiete / 85 Sicherh.-Einrichtg. in der Verkehrsinfrastruktur |