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Special Report. 211 Tftansportation Research Board NaLional Research Council
1986 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFFICERS CHAIRMAN: Lester A. Hoel, Hamilton Professor and Chairman, Department of Civil En- gineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VICE CHAIRMAN: Lowell B. Jackson, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Transporta- tion, Madison EXECUTIVE DncToR: Thomas B. Deen, Transportation Research Board MEMBERS Ray A. Barnhart, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) Joseph M. Clapp, President and Vice Chairman, Roadway Services, Inc., Akron, Ohio (ex officio, Past Chairman, 1984) John A. Clements, President, New England Fuel Institute, Watertown, Massachusetts (ex officio, Past Chairman, 1985) Donald D. Engen, Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired), Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) Francis B. Francois, Executive Director, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, D.C. (ex officio) Ralph L. Stanley, Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, U.S. De- partment of Transportation (ex officio) Diane Steed, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. De- partment of Transportation (ex officio) George H. Way, Jr., Vice President for Research and Test Department, Association of American Railroads, Washington, D.C. (ex officio) Alan A. Altshuler, Dean, Graduate School of Public Administration, New York Univer- sity, New York John R. Borchert, Regents Professor of Geography, Department of Geography, Univer- sity of Minnesota, Minneapolis Robert D. Bugher, Executive Director, American Public Works Association, Chicago, Illinois Dana F. Connors, Commissioner, Maine Department of Transportation, Augusta Mortimer L. Downey, Deputy Executive Director for Capital Programs, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York Thomas E. Drawdy, Sr., Secretary of Transportation, Florida Department of Transpor- tation, Tallahassee Paul B. Gaines, Director of Aviation, City of Houston Aviation Department, Houston, Texas Jack R. Gilstrap, Executive Vice President, American Public Transit Association, Wash- ington, D.C. William K. Hellmann, Secretary, Maryland Department of Transportation, Baltimore- Washington International Airport, Maryland John B. Kemp, Secretary, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka Alan F. Kiepper, General Manager, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Houston, Texas James E. Martin, President and Chief Operating Officer, Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, Chicago Denman K. McNear, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Southern Pa- cflc Transportation Company, San Francisco, California Fred D. Miller, Director, Oregon Department of Transportation, Salem James K. Mitchell, Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley H. Carl Munson, Jr., Vice President - Corporate, The Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, Seattle, Washington Milton Pikarsky, Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, City College of New York, New York Herbert H. Richardson, Vice Chancellor and Dean of Engineering, Texas A&M Univer- sity System, College Station Leo J. Trombatore, Director, California Department of Transportation, Sacramento Carl S. Young, County Executive, Broome County, Binghamton, New York
Special Report 211 T WIN 00 TRUCKS Effects on Highways and Highway Safety l'ransportation Research Board National Research Council Washington, D.C. 1986
Transportation Research Board Special Report 211 Price $25.00 mode 1 highway transportation subject areas 24 pavement design and performance 51 transportation safety 53 vehicle characteristics Transportation Research Board publications are available by ordering directly from TRB. They may also be obtained on a regular basis through organizational or individual affiliation with TRB; affiliates or library subscribers are eligible for substantial discounts. For further information, write to the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418. Printed in the United States of America NOTICE The project that is the subject of this publication was approved by the Governing Board of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the publication were chosen for their special competence and with regard for appropriate balance. This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. This study was sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data National Research Council. Transportation Research Board. Twin trailer trucks. (Special report, ISSN 0360-859X; 211) 1. Tractor trailer combinations. 2. Traffic safety. 3. Roads. I. National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. II. Series: Special report (National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board); 211. TL230.T85 1986 363.1 '259 86-16466 ISBN 0-309-04050-7
COMMITTEE FOR THE TWIN TRAILER TRUCK MONITORING STUDY KENNETH W. HEATHINGTON, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Chairman ROBERT G. ADAMS, California Department of Transportation, Sacramento CHARLES N. BRADY, American Automobile Association, Falls Church, Virginia THOMAS W. BROWNE, The Woodlands, Texas WILLIAM N. CAREY, JR., Bethesda, Maryland RALPH V. DURHAM, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Washington, D.C. ROBERT D. ERVIN, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor JOHN W. FULLER, University of Iowa, Iowa City WILLIAM D. GLAUZ, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Missouri RONALD L. HUTCHINSON, Vicksburg, Mississippi MARGARET HUBBARD JONES, Golts, Maryland JOHN H. LEDERER, DeWitt, Sundby, Huggett and Schumacher, Madison, Wisconsin HUGH W. MCGEE, Bellomo-McGee, Inc., Vienna, Virginia JOHN K. MLADINOV, New York State Department of Transportation, Albany HAROLD W. MONRONEY, Illinois Department of Transportation, Springfield NATHANIEL H. PULLING, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Hopkinton, Massachusetts BILLY ROSE, Raleigh, North Carolina C. MICHAEL WALTON, University of Texas at Austin MATrHEW W. WITCZAK, University of Maryland, College Park Liaison Representatives ARTHUR J. BALEK, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation WILLIAM T. DRUHAN, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, D.C. CHRISTINE HEALEY, Office of Representative Barbara B. Kennelly, U.S. House of Representatives KAREN BORLAUG PHILLIPS, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation GEORGE W. RING m, Transportation Research Board
Transportation Research Board Staff DAMIAN J. KULASH, Assistant Director for Special Projects JOSEPH R. MORRIS, Program Manager ROBERT E. SKINNER, iR., Program Manager STEPHEN R. GODWIN, Program Manager JOHN A. DEACON, Consultant NAOMI C. K.SSABIAN, Associate Editor
