The SOARce – Newsletter
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Spring 2019 Issue:
- Bicyclist – Bicyclist Crashes – A Medical and Technical Crash Analysis
- On-road bicycle lane types, roadway characteristics, and risks for bicycle crashes
- Comparing the effects of infrastructure on bicycling injury at intersections and nonintersections using a case – crossover design
- An insight into the performance of road barriers – redistribution of barrier-relevant crashes
- Performance Evaluation of Strong Post Double-faced W-beam Guardrail and Strong Post Doublefaced Thrie-Beam Guardrail at MASH Test Level 4 (TL-4) and Test Level 5 (TL-5) Conditions
- Crash Test Results For Passenger Vans
- EDR Collection from a Tesla Model 3
- Prescription medicine use by pedestrians and the risk of injurious road traffic crashes: A case-crossover study
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Winter 2019 Issue:
- Autonomous emergency braking systems adapted to snowy road conditions improve drivers’ perceived safety and trust
- Human factors implications of vehicle automation: Current understanding and future directions
- Paving the Way for Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Technologies in the Motor Carrier Industry
- Autonomous vehicles: challenges, opportunities, and future implications for transportation policies
- Experimental Installation for Calculation of Road Adhesion Coefficient of Locked Car Wheel
- Evaluating All-Weather Pavement Markings in Illinois
- Pavement Skid Number and Horizontal Curve Safety
- Performance and Cost Effectiveness of Permeable Friction Course (PFC) Pavements
- Crash Test Results For Sub-Compact Cars
- Putting Modern Truck Brakes to the Test
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
- Annual INDEX to articles appearing in The SOARce
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Autumn 2018 Issue:
- Motorcoach and School Bus Fire Safety Analysis
- Evaluation of Truck and Agricultural Vehicle Behavior at Reduced Conflict Intersections
- Evaluation of an in-vehicle monitoring system (IVMS) to reduce risky driving behaviors in commercial drivers: Comparison of in-cab warning lights and supervisory coaching with videos of driving behavior
- Seat Belt Use Among Adult Workers
- Passenger use of and attitudes toward rear seat belts
- Crash Test Results for Small Passenger Cars
- Forensic Evidence in Road Accidents Caused by Vehicle’s Mechanical Failures
- How do older adult drivers self-regulate? Characteristics of selfregulation classes defined by latent class analysis
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Summer 2018 Issue:
- Motorcycle Conspicuity and the Effect of Fleet DRL: Analysis of Two-Vehicle Fatal Crashes in Canada and the United States 2001-2007
- Examination of the Feasibility of Alcohol Interlocks for Motorcycles
- Unintentional non-traffic injury and fatal events: Threats to children in and around vehicles
- Effects of Rearview Cameras and Rear Parking Sensors on Police- Reported Backing Crashes
- BACK STOP: Rear crash prevention ratings aim to reduce parking lot collisions
- Safety by Design: Optimizing Highway Safety in Work Zones
- Crash Test Results for Convertibles/Sports Cars
- Work Zone Intrusion: Technology to Reduce Injuries and Fatalities
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Spring 2018 Issue:
- A National Perspective on Ambulance Crashes and Safety
- Analysis of Ambulance Crash Data
- Apparatus Siren Limitations and Intersection Crashes
- Analysis of Firetruck Crashes and Associated Firefighter Injuries in the United States
- Statistical Analysis of Bicyclists’ Injury Severity at Unsignalized Intersections
- The Effects of Cyclists Present at Rural Intersections on Speed Behavior and Workload of Car Drivers: A Driving Simulator Study
- The influence of lower extremity postures on kinematics and injuries of cyclists in vehicle side collisions
- Crash Test Results for Pickup Trucks
- Prescription medicine use by pedestrians and the risk of injurious road traffic crashes: A casecrossover study
- Wrong-Way Driving
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Winter 2018 Issue:
- Adverse weather conditions and fatal motor vehicle crashes in the United States, 1994-2012
- Winter Tires: A Review of Research on Effectiveness and Use
- Effects of winter tyre type on roughness and polishing of road surfaces covered with ice and compact snow
- Chemical pavement modifications to reduce ice adhesion
- Assessment and Placement of Living Snow Fences to Reduce Highway Maintenance Costs and Improve Safety
- Analysis of Event Data Recorder Survivability in Crashes With Fire, Immersion and High Delta-V
- Crash Test Results for Midsize Passenger Cars
- Effects of turning on and off red light cameras on fatal crashes in large U.S. cities
- Tow Dolly Handling and Stability
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Autumn 2017 Issue:
- Highway Safety and Truck Crash Comparative Analysis Technical Report Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Limits Study
- Analysis of Driver Critical Reason and Years of Driving Experience in Large Truck Crashes
- Crashes Involving Single-Unit Trucks that Resulted in Injuries and Deaths
- Evaluating the Relationship between the Driver and Roadway to Address Rural Intersection Safety using the SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study Data
- Post impact trajectory of vehicles at rural intersections
- Crash Test Results for Large Cars
- Effects of Adjacent Vehicles on Judgments of a Lead Car During Car Following
- Analysis of a Motorcycle Drop Test
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Summer 2017 Issue:
- Setting Work Zone Speed Limits
- Smart Phone Based Forward Collision Warning Messages in Work Zones to Enhance Safety and Reduce Emissions
- Improving the Effectiveness of Nighttime Temporary Traffic Control Warning Devices, Volume 2: Evaluation of Nighttime Mobile Warning Lights
- How to Curb Aggressive Driving Behaviors
- Advances in Driving Anger
- Crash Test Results for Passenger Vans
- All-terrain vehicle safety knowledge, riding behaviors and crash experience
- ATV Overturn Engineering Controls to Prevent Crush Injuries
- The Prevalence of Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving Road Debris, United States, 2011 – 2014
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Spring 2017 Issue:
- Analysis of the static lean angle of a motorcycle
- VBOX Accelerating and Braking Tests of Harley-Davidson Motorcycles Equipped with ABS and ABS Reflexâ„¢ Brakes
- Braking Evidence on Motorcycle Tires
- Pedestrian behavior and safety on a two-stage crossing with a center refuge island and the effect of winter weather on pedestrian compliance rate
- Pedestrian and Bicyclist Crash Statistics
- Statistical Analysis of Bicyclists’ Injury Severity at Unsignalized Intersections
- Crash Test Results for Sport-Utility-Vehicles
- Cannabis Effects on Driving Skills
- Road Safety with Self-Driving Vehicles: General Limitations and Road Sharing with Conventional Vehicles
- Book Review From Joseph Badger Forensic Aspects of Driver Perception and Response
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Winter 2017 Issue:
- IN THE DARK New ratings show most headlights need improvement
- Adaptive Driving Beam Headlighting System Glare Assessment
- Motor Vehicle Crashes, Injuries, and Deaths in Relation to Weather Conditions, United States, 2010-2014
- Driving in fog: The effects of driving experience and visibility on speed compensation and hazard avoidance
- Crash Test Results for Sub-Compact Cars
- Evaluation of Pavement Markings on Low-Volume Rural Roadways in Iowa
- Factors Influencing Operating Speeds and Safety on Rural and Suburban Roads
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Autumn 2016 Issue:
- The Fundamentals of Engine Retarders and Their Ability to Slow a Heavy Vehicle
- Heavy-Vehicle Crash Data Collection And Analysis to Characterize Rear and Side Underride and Front Override in Fatal Truck Crashes
- Commercial Driver Perspectives on Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Associations Between Falls and Driving Outcomes in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Documenting Vehicle Interiors during Post-Crash Investigations
- Crash Test Results for Small Passenger Cars
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Summer 2016 Issue:
- Work Zone Safety: Physical and Behavioral Barriers In Accident Prevention
- Visual scanning of motorcycle riders: a preliminary look
- Comparison of moped, scooter and motorcycle crashes: Implications for rider training and education
- Crash Test Results for Sporty Cars and Convertibles
- Toronto Pedestrian Walking Velocity Study Based on Actual Age
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Spring 2016 Issue:
- Bicycle helmet use among children in the United States: The effects of legislation, personal and household factors
- How do drivers overtake cyclists?
- Spatial epidemiologic analysis of relative collision risk factors among urban bicyclists and pedestrians
- Bicycle Trauma Injuries and Hospital Admissions in the United States, 1998-2013
- Drivers’ comfort boundaries in pedestrian crossings: A study in driver braking characteristics as a function of pedestrian walking speed
- Book review from Joseph E. Badger “Human Factors in Traffic Safety”
- Crash Test Results for “Luxury” Cars
- Pedestrian Injury Biomechanics and Protection Chapter 24 of Accidental Injury: Biomechanics and Prevention (excerpted)
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Winter 2016 Issue:
- Drivers on Unfamiliar Roads and Traffic Crashes
- … analysis of drivers’ gaze and driving behavior in a driving simulator study
- Feasibility of a Support System for Reducing Right-Turn Accidents
- Roadway Contributing Factors in Traffic Crashes
- Pregnancy and the risk of a traffic crash
- Crash Test Results for “Luxury” Cars
- Car Accident Reconstruction and Head Injury Correlation
- Post-mortem imaging in traffic fatalities: from autopsy to reconstruction of the scene using freely available software
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Autumn 2015 Issue:
- Motor Vehicle Crash– Related Injury Causation Scenarios for Spinal Injuries in Restrained Children and Adolescents
- Child Passenger Safety
- Heavy Truck Crashworthiness: Injury Mechanisms and Countermeasures to Improve Occupant Safety
- Book Review by Joseph E. Badger Driver Perception and Response
- Physical Characteristics of Farm Equipment Crash Locations on Public Roads in Tennessee
- Linking roadway crashes and tire–pavement friction: a case study
- Crash Test Results for Subcompact Cars
- Evaluation of Pavement Safety Performance
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Summer 2015 Issue:
- Studies to Assess the Impact of Nighttime Work Zone Lighting on Motorists
- Factors Influencing Injury Severity to Highway Workers in Work Zone Intrusion Accidents
- Driving Speed Behavior Approaching Road Work Zones On Two-Lane Rural Roads
- A preliminary look at safety critical events from the motorcyclists’ perspective
- A Study of Motorcycle Rider Braking Control Behavior
- The Conservation of Linear Momentum and the Application of the Principal Direction of Force
- Crash Test Results for Pickup Trucks
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Spring 2015 Issue:
- An Overview and Recommendations of High-Visibility Crosswalk Marking Styles
- Dangerous by Design
- To Cross or Not to Cross Examining the Practice of Determining Crosswalks
- Children’s Perception of Gap Affordances: Bicycling Across Traffic-Filled Intersections in an Immersive Virtual Environment
- Bicycle Safety Education for Children From a Developmental and Learning Perspective
- Relationship Between Wet-Weather Crashes and Highway Pavement Surface Conditions
- Hidden Highways: Fog and Traffic Crashes on America’s Roads
- Crash Test Results for Large Family Cars
- Collisions with Deer
- Course Announcements
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Winter 2015 Issue:
- Comparing the effects of age, BMI and gender on severe injury (AIS 3+) in motor-vehicle crashes
- The Relative Odds of Involvement in Seven Crash Configurations by Driver Age and Sex
- Background music as a risk factor for distraction among young-novice drivers
- Identifying Behaviors and Situations Associated with Increased Crash Risk for Older Drivers
- Crash Test Results for Mid-size Passenger Cars
- Single-Vehicle Fatal Crash Prediction for Two-Lane Rural Highways in the Southeastern United States
- Effects of Plowing and Sanding on Friction& Stopping Distance during Braking
- Course Announcements
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Autumn 2014 Issue:
- Large Truck–Involved Crashes: Exploratory Injury Severity Analysis
- Study of the Impact of a Telematics System on Safe and Fuel-efficient Driving in Trucks
- Mapping Large Truck Rollovers: Identification and Mitigation Through Spatial Data Analysis Phase 1 Report Identification of Large Truck Rollover Concentrations by State
- Comparison of characteristics between fatal and injury accidents in the highway construction zones
- Odds of fault and factors for out-of-state drivers in crashes in four states of the USA
- Crash Test Results for Passenger Vans
- The influence of alcohol intoxication on the severity of injuries suffered by drivers in road traffic accidents
- Course Announcements
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Summer 2014 Issue:
- Surrogate safety measure for evaluating rear-end collision risk related to kinematic waves near freeway recurrent bottlenecks
- Rear-End Collision: Causes and Avoidance Techniques
- Analyzing road surface conditions, collision time, and road structural factors associated with bicycle collisions from 2000 to 2010 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Effect of street pattern on the severity of crashes involving vulnerable road users
- ATVs on Roadways: A Safety Crisis
- On-Road All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Fatalities in the United States
- Crash Test Results for Sport-Utility Vehicles
- An analysis of motorcycle accidents
- Course Announcements
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Spring 2014 Issue:
- Influence of Pavement Condition on Horizontal Curve Safety
- Using High Friction Surface Treatments to Improve Safety at Horizontal Curves
- Evaluation of the TAPCO Sequential Dynamic Curve Warning System
- Rainfall effect on single-vehicle crash severities using polychotomous response models
- Crash Test Results for Sporty Cars
- High-Visibility Enforcement on Driver Compliance with Pedestrian Right-of-Way Laws
- Analysis of Bicycle-Related and Pedestrian-Related Roadway Crashes
- Course Announcements
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Winter 2014 Issue:
- Rear-end vehicle crash frequencies in urban road tunnels
- Road Tunnels Manual – Human Factors Regarding Tunnel Safety
- Course Announcements
- Crash avoidance potential of four passenger vehicle technologies
- Objective Tests for Automatic Crash Imminent Braking (CIB) Systems
- Crash Test Results for Subcompact Cars
- Snow and Ice Accumulation on Vehicles
- Spatial wildlife-vehicle collision models
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
- INDEX to Articles Published in The SOARce
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Fall 2013 Issue:
- Multi-scale traffic safety, operational performance of large trucks on mountainous highways
- Weather and Climate Impacts on Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety
- Course Announcements
- Burst fractures of the lumbar spine in frontal crashes
- Crash Test Results for “Luxury” Cars
- Safety Performance Functions for Ramp Terminals at Diamond Interchanges
- Left-Turn Accommodations at Unsignalized Intersections
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Summer 2013 Issue:
- Traffic Safety Evaluation of Nighttime and DaytimeWork Zones
- Work Zone Injuries and Fatalities
- Work Zone Speed Control
- Course Announcements
- Recent Major Improvements in Road Safety
- Crash Test Results for Pickup Trucks
- Motorcycle Conspicuity –What Factors Have the Greatest Impact
- Helmet Use Among Motorcyclists Who Died in Crashes
- Effects of Obesity on Seat Belt Fit
- ACTAR Update
- Missing Values in Eyewitness Recall and Accident Records
- IAARS News
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Spring 2013 Issue:
- Investigating the effects of sleep deprivation
- Prevalence of motor vehicle crashes involving drowsy drivers
- Age and gender comparisons of driving while sleepy
- Course Announcements
- Pedestrian Injury and Human Behavior: Violations at High-Incident Intersections
- Pedestrian and Cyclist Impact Kinematics
- Crash Test Results for Small Passenger Cars
- Lower Extremity Injuries and Intrusion in Frontal Crashes
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Winter 2013 Issue:
- Improving the Ability of Drivers to Avoid Collisions with Snowplows
- Enhanced Night Visibility
- Course Announcements
- Road Trauma in Teenage Male Youth with Childhood Disruptive Behavior Disorders
- Crash Test Results for Large Cars
- Potential Safety Effects of Lane Width and Shoulder Width on Two- Lane Rural Highways
- Trailer Underride – Deadly From Any Angle
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
- INDEX to Articles Published in The SOARce
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Fall 2012 Issue:
- Research on the Safety Impacts of Speed Limiter Device Installations on Commercial Motor Vehicles
- Roll Stability Systems: Analysis of Roll Stability Control versus Electronic Stability Control Using Empirical Crash Data
- Role of Human Factors in Preventing Cargo Tank Truck Rollovers
- Course Announcements
- Where These Drivers Went Wrong
- Crash Test Results
- Guide for Reducing Collisions on Horizontal Curves
- Characteristics of Law Enforcement Officers’ Fatalities in Vehicle Crashes
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
- Restitution in Collisions
- Staged Underride Crash
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Summer 2012 Issue:
- Motorcycle and scooter speeds approaching urban intersections
- Judgments of approach speed for motorcycles across different lighting levels
- Course Announcements
- Crash risk among teen drivers: Identification, prediction of excess risk
- Crash Test Results for Sports cars and Convertibles
- Analysis of driver casualty risk for different work zone types
- Behavior Study of Merge Practices for Drivers at Work Zone Closures
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
- Net Rotational Deceleration
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Spring 2012 Issue:
- Analysis of Bicycle and Pedestrian-Related Roadway Crashes
- Mitigating Fixed-Route Bus-and-Pedestrian Collisions
- Course Announcements
- Spatial epidemiologic analysis of relative collision risk factors among urban bicyclists and pedestrians
- Overtaking, rear-end, and door crashes involving bicycles
- Joe Badger’s Book Reviews
- Crash Test Results for Mid-Size Cars
- Crash Factors in Intersection-Related Crashes
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Winter 2012 Issue:
- Effects of road-surface conditions, age, and gender on driver injury severities
- Whether Weather Matters to Traffic Demand, Safety and Flow
- Measurement of Lateral Tire Performance on Winter Surfaces
- Course Announcements
- Analysis of Speeding- Related Crashes: Effects of Road Environments
- Badger’s Book Review: Forensic Aspects of Driver Inexperience and Accident Causation
- Applying Melendez: Briscoe and Beyond
- Crash Test Results for Vans and Minivans
- Characterization of Pre-Roll Events of SUVs: Data and Analysis
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
- Annual INDEX to articles published in The SOARce
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Fall 2011 Issue:
- The Impact of Driving, Non-Driving Work, and Rest Breaks on Driving Performance in Commercial Motor Vehicle Operations
- Driver Distraction in Commercial Vehicle Operations
- The Effectiveness of ABS in Heavy Truck Tractors and Trailers
- Safety Evaluation of Improved Curve Delineation
- Maximizing Asphalt Pavement Surface Friction for Road Safety Improvements
- Crash Impact of Smooth Lane Narrowing with Rumble Strips at Two-Lane Rural Stop-Controlled Intersections
- Factors Related to the Likelihood of a Passenger Vehicle Occupant Being Ejected in a Fatal Crash
- Crash Test Results for Sport-Utility-Vehicles
- Stresses of Police Work
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Summer 2011 Issue:
- Fatality risk in motorcycle collisions with roadside objects in the United States
- Motorcycle Lane-Sharing
- A Comparison of the Kinematical Features between Motorcycles and Passenger Cars in Urban Networks
- Investigating the Human Factors Involved in Severe Crashes in Highway Work Zones
- Studies to Determine the Effectiveness of Longitudinal Channelizing Devices in Work Zones
- Children Injured in Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes
- Crash Test Results for Convertibles and Sporty Cars
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Spring 2011 Issue:
- Liability Aspects of Bikeways
- Incidence of Pedestrian and Bicyclist Crashes by Hybrid Electric Passenger Vehicles
- Pedestrians, vehicles, and cell phones
- Endangerment of Pedestrians and Bicyclists at Intersections by Right-Turning Trucks
- Crash Test Results for”Luxury” Passenger Cars
- An assessment of the skid resistance effect on traffic safety under wet-pavement condition
- Lateral Vehicle Acceleration due to Longitudinally-tined Portland Cement Concrete Pavement
- Unifying Incident Response
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Winter 2011 Issue:
- Comparison of Driving Behavior and Safety in Car-Following Platoons under Icy and Dry Surface Conditions
- Pedestrian behavior and compliance rate on a crossing with center island and the effect of winter weather
- Course Announcements
- Evaluation of Deicer Applications on Open Graded Pavements
- Melendez-Diaz and the Confrontation Clause of the 6th Amendment
- Crash Test Results Microcars/Subcompacts
- Driver Distraction in Commercial Vehicle Operations
- Role of Vertical Roof Intrusion in Predicting Roof Contact Injuries During Rollovers
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
- Annual INDEX to articles published in The SOARce
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Fall 2010 Issue:
- Class 8 Truck Tractor Braking Performance
- Course Announcements
- Evaluation of Iowa’s 70mph Speed Limit
- Work Zone Speed Control
- Optical Speed Bars
- Safety Impact of Vehicle-Related Road Debris
- Crash Test Results Mid-Size Cars
- Evaluation of Thoracic Injuries Among Older Vehicle Occupants
- Rail Crossings: Countermeasure Improvements
- Effective Courtroom Testimony
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Summer 2010 Issue:
- A review of risk factors and patterns of motorcycle injuries
- Development of a Rider Size and Position Model to Determine Motorcycle Protective Device Test Conditions
- Crash Test Results for Sports Cars
- Motor scooters and mopeds– a growing attraction for young people
- Improving the Safety of Mobile Lane Closures
- Motorcycle Headlights On
- Assessing the Safety Impacts of Active Night Work Zones in Texas
- Lower Extremity Injuries in Motorcycle Crashes
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Spring 2010 Issue:
- Tire slip-angle force measurements on winter surfaces
- Drivers Overtaking Bicyclists
- Speed of Cyclists In City Traffic
- Bicyclist injury severities in bicycle-motor vehicle accidents
- Course Announcements
- Roles of Retroreflective Arm Treatments, Motion in Nighttime Pedestrian Conspicuity
- Correlation of Different Impact Conditions to Injury Severity of Pedestrians
- Crash Test Results – Large Cars
- Pedal Misapplication in Heavy Vehicles
- Road Safety Audits for Pedestrian Facilities
- ACTAR Update
- IAARS News
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Winter 2010 Issue:
- Tire slip-angle force measurements on winter surfaces
- Motorcoach Run-Off-the-Road and Rollover NTSB Accident Report
- Guide for Pavement Friction
- Influence of Roadway Surface Discontinuities On Safety
- Crash Test Results For Pickup Trucks
- Lateral impact injuries with side airbag deployments—A descriptive study
- Characteristics of Multiple Impact Crashes that Produce Serious Injuries
- IAARS News
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Autumn 2009 Issue:
- Computation of times of sunrise, sunset, and twilight in or near mountainous terrain
- Quantitive Measure of Transient Oversteer of Road Vehicles
- Comparison of collisions on HOV facilities with limited and continuous access during peak hours
- Investigating Factors Contributing to Large Truck Lane Departure Crashes
- Accuracy of Vehicle Frontal Stiffness Estimates For Crash Reconstruction
- Crash Test Results for Passenger Vans
- Crash Tests to Assess the Secondary Safety of a Large MPV
- Effectiveness of Seatbelt for Rear Seat Occupants in Frontal Crashes
- The Effect of Rear Row Seating Position on the Risk of Injury to Belted Children in Side Impacts in Passenger Cars
- IAARS News
- ADDENDUM: 2009 Out-of-Service Criteria for Commercial Vehicles
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Summer 2009 Issue:
- The Complexity of Rural Roads
- Additional Characterisitcs of Crashes on Rural Two-Lane Highways
- Design Guidelines for Passing Lanes on Two-Lane Roadways
- Effectiveness of Anti-Lock Braking Systems in Reducing Fatal Motorcycle Crashes
- Do Motorcycle Helmets Interfere with the Vision and Hearing of Riders?
- Factors Contributing to Hit-and0Run in Fatal Crashes
- Construction Equipment Visibility
- Crash Test Results for Small Passenger Cars
- The Effect of Whiplash Protection Systems in Real-Life Crashes and Their Correlation to Consumer Crash Test Programmers
- IAARS News
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Spring 2009 Issue:
- Effect of Vehicle Design on Head Injury Severity and Throw Distance Variations in Bicycle Crashes
- Clear Zone – A Synthesis of Practice and an Evaluation of the Benefits of Meeting the 10-Foot Clear Zone Goal on Urban Streets
- Comparison of Several Methods for Real Pedestrian Accident Reconstruction
- Injuries in Rollovers by Crash Severity
- Far Side Impact Injury Risk for Belted Occupants in Australia and the United States
- Crash Test Results for Sport–Utility-Vehicles
- Risk factors for a farm vehicle public road crash
- URBAN BICYCLISTS Spatial Analysis of Adult and Youth Traffic Hazard Intensity
- Gaining Traction In Roadway Safety
- IAARS News
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Winter 2009 Issue:
- Lighting, Signaling, and Rearview Mirrors for Large Trucks: A Review of Human Factors Considerations
- Functional Requirements For The Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems (IVBSS) – Heavy Truck Platform
- Nearside Occupants in Low Delta-V Side Impact Crashes: Analysis of Injury and Vehicle Damage Patterns
- Crash Test Results for “Luxury” Passenger Cars
- Identification of High Collision Concentration Locations Under Wet Weather Conditions
- INDEX to Articles Appearing in The SOARces
- IAARS News
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Autumn 2008 Issue:
- Optimal Strategies for Adaptive Curve Lighting
- Daytime Veiling Luminance from Windshields: Effects of Scattering and Reflection
- Pedestrian Signal Safety for Older Persons
- Pedestrian Detection With Near and Far Infrared Night Vision Enhancement
- Onboard Monitoring and Reporting for Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety
- Crash Test Results for Mid-Size Passenger Cars
- A Survey on the Biofidelity of the Knee Bending Angle of the TRL Lower Leg Impactor
- The Safety Edge as a Dropoff Solution
- IAARS News
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Summer 2008 Issue:
- The Risk of Fatality in Motorcycle Crashes with Roadside Barriers
- Evidence of Aggressive Driver Behavior in Motorcycle Collision Investigations
- Determining Motorcycle Drag Factors
- Evaluation of the Flashing Yellow Arrow Permissive-Only Left-Turn Indication Field Implementation
- Improving Work Zone Safety: Recommendations Based on a NIOSH Fatality Investigation
- Crash Test Results for Pickup Trucks
- Injury Mitigation in SUV-to-Pedestrian Impacts
- Characterizing Diffuse Brain Injuries from Real-World Motor Vehicle Impacts
- A New Look at Sensors
- Addendum Commercial Carrier Journal’s 2008 Out-of-Service Criteria – Click Here to Download (2 MB – PDF password required)
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Spring 2008 Issue:
- Measurement and Modeling of Tire Forces on a Low Coefficient Surface
- Elastohydrodynamic Aspects on the Tire-Pavement Contact at Aquaplaning
- An Examination of Naturalistic Windshield Wiper Usage
- The Safety Potential of Current and Improved Front Fog Lamps
- Crash Test Results for Large Passenger Cars
- Procedure to Assess Submarining in Frontal Impact
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Winter 2008 Issue:
- Feasibility of Using Friction Indicators to Improve Winter Maintenance Operations and Mobility
- Lateral Forces on Heavy Trucks – Contributions from Wind
- Vehicle Dynamic Performance Testing
- Geometric Visibility of Mirror-Mounted Turn Signals
- Quantifying the Aerodynamic Forces Acting on Objects During a Fall
- Crash Test Results for Passenger Vans
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Autumn 2007 Issue:
- Visibility and Rear-end Collisions Involving Light Vehicles and Trucks
- Collisions with Slow-moving Vehicles
- Experimental and Numerical Studies of Muscular Activations of Bracing Occupant
- Evaluation of an Automotive Rear-End Collision Avoidance System
- Crash Test Results for Sport Utility Vehicles and 4×4 Off-Road Vehicles
- High-Beam Headlamp Usage on Unlighted Rural Roadways
- Alternative Merge Sign at Signalized Intersections
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Summer 2007 Issue:
- Computerized Accident Reconstruction Held Inadmissible
- Driver Workload Metrics
- Rollover Collisions – Injuries Related to Automotive Side Glass
- Study of Driver Behavior as Motorcycles Mixed in Traffic Flow
- Estimating Benefits From Specific Highway Safety Improvements: Phase III Safety Benefits From Left Turn Treatment
- Pavement Marking Materials and Markers: Real-World Relationship Between Retroreflectivity and Safety Over Time
- Crash Test Results for Small Passanger Cars
- Effects of Vehicle Type on the Nighttime Visibility of Signs and Pavement Markings
- Guardrail Testing – Modified Eccentric Loader Terminal at NCHRP 350 TL-2
- Pavement Friction Characteristics
- 2007 Out-of-Service Criteria
- ACTAR Update
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Spring 2007 Issue:
- Effectiveness of Electronic Stability Control on Motor Vehicle Crash Prevention
- Forensics Focuses on Digital Photography
- Virtual Testing of Active Safety Control For Two Wheeled Vehicles At Braking Mode
- Crash Test Results For “Luxury” Cars
- Assessing Femur and Pelvis Injury Risk In Car/Pedestrian Collisions: Comparison of Full Body PMTO Impacts, and A Human Body Finite Element Model
- Safety Impacts of Pavement Drop-offs
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Winter 2007 Issue:
- NTSB Report Multiple Vehicle Collision Interstate 95, Fairfield, Connecticut January 2003
- 2001 Ford E-350 XLTSuper Duty Vehicle Dynamic Performance Testing
- Michigan State Police 2007 Police Vehicle Evaluations
- Crash Tests Mid-Size Passenger Cars
- The Impact of Driver Inattention on Near-Crash/Crash Risk: An Analysis Using the 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study Data
- Ramping Up Ramp Management
- The Mobility and Safety Impacts of Winter Storm Events in a Freeway Environment
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Autumn 2006 Issue:
- The Complexity of Rural Road Safety
- New DOT Rules Regarding Event Data Recorders
- Detection and Avoidance of Collisions the REACT Model
- Crash Test Results Pickup Trucks
- Helping Road Users Grow Old Gracefully
- Analyzing Severe Injury Risk for Crashes
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Summer 2006 Issue:
- Fatal Single-Vehicle Motorcycle Crashes
- Motorcycle Traffic Safety Facts
- 1991 Ford Explorer XLT 4×2 Automated Untripped Rollover Test
- An Overview of Knee-Thigh-Hip Injuries in Frontal Crashes in the United States
- Rear End Truck Crashes
- Slippery when DRY?
- Crash Test Results Large Family Cars
- F3T2 Conference in Houston, Texas
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Spring 2006 Issue:
- Traffic Safety Effects of a Wet Pavement Detection System
- Tire Test The Quick and the Tread reprinted with permission from Car and Driver magazine
- Special Crash Investigations of Restrained Child Occupants
- Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems
- Crash Test Data Passenger Vans
- Evaluation of Lane Reduction “Road Diet” Measures and Their Effects on Crashes and Injuries
- Single-Point Interchanges: A Safety Auditor’s Perspective
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Winter 2006 Issue:
- Event Data Recorder Technology for Highway Crash Data Analysis
- Hybrid Vehicles Cause Rescuers Problems
- Replacing “Responder Fear” with Knowledge
- Course Announcements
- Cell Phone Usage While Driving
- Effect of MgCL2 As An Anti-icing Agent on Tire/Road Friction Coefficient
- Crash Test Data – SUVs and Off-Roaders
- Rollover Crash Mechanisms and Injury Outcomes for Unrestrained Occupants
- Identifying and Treating Red-Light-Running
- ACTAR Update
- INDEX to Articles Published in The SOARce
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Autumn 2005 Issue:
- Wet Pavement Handling Tests
- Effect of Oversize Tires On Stopping Capability And Handling Stability
- Course Announcements
- Performance-Based Brake Testers
- Crash Test Data – Small Passenger Cars
- Safety In and Around the School Bus
- ACTAR Update
- Controlled Crash Review 2005 Conference
- Minutes of 2005 SOAR Business Meeting
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Summer 2005 Issue:
- Registration Form: 2005 Combined Conference
- Collisions Involving Medically-Impaired Drivers
- Course Announcements
- Enhancing NHTSA’s New Car Assessment Program
- Crash Test Data – Sports Cars
- Improving Signalized Intersections
- Speed Management
- ACTAR Update
- Computer Cooties In the Car
- Airbag Scams
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Spring 2005 Issue:
- Evaluating Motorcycle Skidmarks
- Bicycle Lanes v. Wide Curb Lanes
- Police Vehicle Evaluations
- Storing and Archiving Digital Images
- TSEI Standards and Regulations Guide
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