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  TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C134: Influence of Roadway Surface Discontinuities on Safety is designed to help highway engineers evaluate roadway maintenance guidelines and priorities. The report addresses safety issues related to roadway roughness, holes, and bumps; the positive effects of road surface discontinuities; pavement edges; friction variations; water accumulations; surface contaminants; and small and large vehicles.
   
content link: http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/circulars/ec134.pdf
   
content language: English
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30.12.2009 Haider, Manfred tyrosafe relevant
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