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Sprayed Sealing: Aggregate Precoating
This Pavement Work Tip provides a guide to precoating aggregates and use of adhesion agents in hot sprayed sealing work.
Sprayed Sealing: Rolling of Cover Aggregate
This Pavement Work Tip provides a guide to rolling and compacting cover aggregates used in sprayed sealing road works.
Polymer Modified Binder Sprayed Seal Trials
Two significant road trials have been initiated to better understand the performance defining properties of Polymer Modified Binders when used in sprayed sealing applications over cracked pavements. Treatments varied from manually applied crack…
Drugs and Driving in Australia
The effects of alcohol on drivers in reducing abilities and increasing the risk of being involved in road crashes is well known. In principle, any substance affecting the central nervous system can affect the abilities required to safely control a…
Youth Road Safety
Youth are over-represented in road crashes in Australia. During 1996, young people were involved in 41% of fatal crashes and 37% of hospitalisation crashes in Australia. In 1997 youth were involved in a total of 8,513 fatal and hospitalisation…
Model Licence Re-assessment Procedure for Older and Disabled Drivers
Licensing in Australia is determined by each state with large differences in the requirements for re-licensing of older drivers. Unlike Australia, New Zealand has national requirements. In the majority of these jurisdictions, re-licensing of older…
Drink Driving and Enforcement: Theoretical Issues and an Investigation of the Effects of Three Enforcement Programs in Two Rural Communities in Australia
This study addressed aspects of the ongoing drink-driving problem in rural areas of Australia, and further developed a recent theoretical account of the decision-making processes that might underlie the effect of enforcement on behaviour. The study…