Conference Papers 2008 - SaferRoads Conference

2008 Conference Papers

Conference Programme – Monday 12 May

Professor Allsop – Conference address – See Presentations

Roger Johansson – Keynote Speaker – See Presentations

Stakeholder Session – Graham Bowskill chairing

Maria Novkov – IRF	See Presentations
Vijay Ramdas – TRL	See Presentations
Mark Stephenson – Cornwall County Council	See Presentations
Mark Weston – British Horse Society	See Presentations
Chris Hodder – British Motorcycle Association	See Presentations
Tim Green – Road User Alliance	See Presentations
Sheila Rainger – RAC	See Presentations
Kevin Clinton – ROSPA	See Presentations
James Firth – Freight Transport Association	See Presentations
Mark Lamb – Police	See Presentations
Simon Moore – 1Emergency Services	See Presentations

Keynote Speaker – Ginny Clarke – 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	UK
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	UK
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	Australia
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?	UK

Conference Programme – Tuesday 13 May

Keynote Speaker – Michel Gothie – See Presentations
Technical Sessions

Materials – Simon Vanderbyl chairing

Peter Cenek – Factors influencing the In-Service Skid Resistance Performance of Aggregates	NZ
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	UK
Alan Dunford – The Wehner Schulze machine and its potential use to improve aggregate specificationf	UK
David Woodward – Prediction of UK Surfacing Skid Resistance using Wehner Schulze and PSV	UK-NI
Douglas Wilson – Comparison of Skid Resistance Performance between Greywackes and Melter Slag Aggregates in New Zealand	NZ
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	NZ

Keynote Speaker – Dr Yoo – See Presentations

Measurement – Mark Owen chairing

John Donbavand – Long Term Study of Skid Resistance on in-service Roads in England	UK
Philip Blagdon – A New Method for Referencing Skid Resistance Measurements	NZ
Sergio Vargas – Assessment of Skid Resistance in Chilean Road Network	Chile
Dave Cook – Establishing Equilibrium Skid Resistance	NZ
Peter Maurer – Skid resistance evaluation of Austrian tunnels	Austria
Helen Viner	UK
Sergio Vargas – Proposal of a comparison method to assess skid resistance and macrotexture measured with different devices	Chile
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	UK
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	NZ
Don Ivey – Innovations in Asphaltic Pavement Edge Profiles to Improve Safety and Reduce Maintenance Costs	USA
Ali Zayerzadeh – Converting a Roundabout to an intersection and Its Effects on Crash Rates: Case Study in Mashad City of Iran	Iran

Conference Programme – Wednesday 14 May

Keynote Speaker – Peter Cenek – See Presentations

Technical Session – Safety Studies – Alison Jones chairing

Cassandra Simpson – Performance of High Skid Resistant Surfaces – Crash Trends	Australia
Peter Roe – Early life skid resistance, an assessment of accident risk	UK
Ramesh Sinhal – How successful has the UK skid policy been?	UK
Johan Granlund – A new approach to prevent skid accidents on bumpy roads	Sweden
Paul Hillier – Only a Macro Task?	Australia
Geoffrey Crabb – The Impact of Street Lighting on Night-Time Road Casualties	UK
Mark Owen – NZ State Highway – Skid Resistance Successes	NZ

Technical Session – Legal Perspective – Stephen Child chairing

Carey Griffiths – A Multi-Agency Risk-Targeting Model: The New Zealand Perspective	NZ
Simon Labbett – When the Wheels Fall Off	UK
Paul Hillier – Only a Snapshot in Time	Australia
Ros Baldock – Understanding the RDIM and corporate manslaughter Act	UK

2020 Conference

The 6th International SaferRoads Conference

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The USA, in 2020.

More information to follow.

2020 Conference

The 6th International SaferRoads Conference

to be held in

The USA, in 2020.

2008 Conference Papers

Conference Programme – Monday 12 May

Stakeholder Session – Graham Bowskill chairing

Technical Session – Policy – Richard Wills chairing

Conference Programme – Tuesday 13 May

Materials – Simon Vanderbyl chairing

Measurement – Mark Owen chairing

Safety Engineering – John Smart chairing

Conference Programme – Wednesday 14 May

Technical Session – Safety Studies – Alison Jones chairing

Technical Session – Legal Perspective – Stephen Child chairing

2020 Conference

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2020 Conference

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