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Webinar: Vehicles and Technology – Future State 2030
This webinar, presented by Andrew Somers and John Wall on 6 August 2020, outlines the results of Austroads&rsquo
Webinar: Education and Training for Drivers of Assisted and Automated Vehicles
This webinar, presented on 13 May, identifies the skills, knowledge and behaviours drivers need, now and in the future, to safely operate cars and trucks equipped with higher levels of automation. Building on lessons learned from the aviation sector,…
Education and Training for Drivers of Assisted and Automated Vehicles
This report documents the outcomes of research designed to: examine what role, if any, registration and licensing authorities should undertake to ensure that licence applicants are competent in the use of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS
Webinar: Managing Sealed and Unsealed Local Roads
This webinar, presented on 17 February 2020, provides an overview of the life cycle management of local sealed and unsealed  roads. It highlights the Austroads Guides and the AUS-SPEC national local government specification system which assist local…
A Road Profile Based Truck Ride Index (TRI)
Very little is known about riding quality for trucks. Pavement roughness is widely accepted as a reliable low-cost measure of ride quality for occupants of passenger cars, and of road condition, and is a significant input to the estimation of road…
Use of Recycled Materials and the Management of Roadside Vegetation on Low Trafficked Roads
This report provides the results of two separate reviews into practices relating to low trafficked roads: namely, the use of recycled materials and the management of roadside vegetation. The use of recycled materials is becoming increasingly common…