Citation

Billing JR. Proc. Int. Tech. Conf. Enhanced Safety Vehicles 1992; 1992: 278-283.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, In public domain, Publisher National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)

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Abstract

Canada recently placed limits on configuration, loads and dimensions of heavy trucks to ensure they met objective performance standards for stability and turning within the space provided by the highway system. This is now accepted as a rational basis for development of truck weight and dimension regulations. This paper discusses this approach to setting truck performance standards, and how it might be used for regulating trucks. It identifies how performance standards relate to truck and highway factors. It discusses probabilistic performance assessment of truck safety in specific highway conditions as a possible future development.