The SOARce – Newsletter

SOAR is proud to bring its members The SOARce Newsletter as a downloadable format on our web site.

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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