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Table 4. Male and female preferred driving speeds in mph on four road types and t-tests. ...

A number of issues emerge from this study in relation to driver boredom factors, risk and preferred speeds in this discussion the factors relating to driver boredom will be discussed first and followed by issues relating to the sex and age differences before relating these to preferred speeds on different road types. 

San Joaquin Valley, CA Six test areas of different road types Composite paved road, 109 Agricultural unpaved road, 58 Chow et al. (2003)... 

After the bent spacing, rack width, and number of levels are established, the elevation of the levels must be set. As discussed in Chapter 2, the plant layout designer must know the minimum clearances to set the elevations. Plant roads, type of mobile equipment, and equipment located beneath the pipe rack can influence the pipe rack elevation. Usually, space is allowed below the pipe rack for equipment, with a minimum clearance of 10 ft (3,050 mm). 

Roads type, drivers and vehicles A standardization test route was done in order to select three routes (numbered 1, 2 and 3) with different characteristics in terms of pavement (asphalt and brick). Routes characterization is present in Table 2. 

An adjusted selection of seats, its regular maintenance, the existence of lumbar support and suspension mechanisms are very important. In organizational terms, either the redefinition of routes based on the road type or the establishment of regular rest breaks can also help to reduce the effects of vibration exposure. By drivers, speed adjustment according to driving conditions, physical exercise and healthy eating habits can reduce the effects caused by exposure to WBV. 

The literature search was based on PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses). The resources used for researching scientific articles were essentially databases of reference (Web of Knowledge and Scopus) and scientific journals (Science Direct, among others). In addition, were also included articles referenced in the bibliography of reviewed ones. The keywords were occupational vibration, whole-body vibration, pavements, vehicles, bus, driver, road type and seat effective amplitude transmissibility. 

A possible administrative control to reduce a bus driver s exposure to WBV could involve assigning routes based on road type, with the goal of limiting or distributing WBV exposures based on road type (Blood Johnson, 2012). As the road surface s improvement is not the Bus Companies responsibility, the most reasonable actions capable of reducing the effects of vibration transmission to these bus drivers are 1) use of a seat equipped with vertical suspension and lumbar support ... 

Hensher, D.A. and Sullivan, C. 2003. Willingness to pay for road curviness and road type. Transportation Research Part D, 8(2), 139-155. 

Solomon s data in Figure 8-6b. A detailed discussion about the relationship between road type, speed, and crashes is available in Shinar (1998). 

With reference to risk exposure data, a first assembly through EUROSTAT and IRTAD took place and a list of 97 risk-exposure elements was developed and included in the Master Tables population by age group, vehicle fleet by vehicle type and vehicle age, person-kilometers by vehicle type, vehicle-kilometers by vehicle type, vehicle-kilometers by road class, ton-kilometers, road length by road type, traffic per road type, economic and social indicators such as GDP, unemployment rate, fuel and alcohol consumption, etc. 

This study is among the first in France to study the risk of injury using crash and mobility data [GAB 05, MER 06, BER 11] and comparing road type nsers. This is one of the first studies that compares these risks based on crash data from the medical registry of the Rhone Coimty [LIC 11]. The Rhone road trauma registry is far more complete than the pohce crash data. The medical registry enables us to estimate the rates for various injury categories all-injury, hospitalization and serious-injury (MAIS 3+). 

The accident database does not directly contain information about whether an accident happened on a road with high traffic volume or speed. The available road type field only distinguishes between highways, state roads, highway ramps and one class for all other roads. Furthermore, it is not possible to tell whether an accident happened directly on the road or rather on the separate cycle lane which runs along the road since there is only one class which does not distinguish between separate cycle lanes and cycle lanes which run directly besides or even between lanes of motorized traffic. 

In order to determine the safety potential of a road, it will therefore be necessary to select the most relevant factors according to the local context. This is because different factors are relevant for different road types (as indicated above for raral and urban areas) and also for different regions and countries. For example, in Sweden the risk of snow and ice makes certain roads dangerous. Good road lighting is also important because of short days in winter. On the other hand, on many country roads in Italy the presence of roadside barriers is a critical safety factor where there are steep drops, as well as a central barrier when the roads are narrow. 

The search criteria entry form (Figure 19.10) allows for adjustments of the traffic accident display in accordance with the user-set criteria. The user can choose from time and spatial data (period, region, municipality, time of accident, weather, road and traffic conditions), typological data (injury classification, type and cause of accident), data about the road type and systematization as well as data regarding the type of accident participants. Once the criteria are set, the user confirms the selected options, after which the application display is refreshed in accordance with the selected criteria. 

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