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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1980
et Weather Index
aid highway safety
By JON HEIDTKE
Campus reporter
jA Wet Weather Safety Index
iVSI) has been developed by a
hgjfcis A&M University engineer to
■ised in improving highway safety
the ■ weather.
r. Don Ivey s WWSI uses pre-
|ive equations to relate tire-
ment friction, traffic, highway
rainfall characteristics in provid-
increased highway safety.
WWSI, which has garnered
onal attention, has been two
neri( "j -sin the making, but the material
® research have been under de-
pment since 1968.
biggest tendency for wet
ther accidents occurs in urban
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areas because most of the traffic con
flicts occur here, said Ivey, who is
also the assistant director of the
Texas Transportation Institute (TIT).
Ivey said the state is now in the
process of putting the WWSI into
programs of maintenance and re
habilitation of the highways.
“The objective of these prog
rams,” said Bob Lytton a researcher
with TIT and a civil engineer at the
University, “is to keep the highways
in good condition and to provide a
smooth ride.”
The WWSI can also be used to
determine which road elements
need priority repairs, so limited
maintenance funds can be spent to
maximize wet weather accident re
duction, said Ivey.
A family of computer programs
known as the Rehabilitation and
Maintenance System (RAMS) has
been employed by the TTI to com
bine all these elements to see if the
maintenance cost of highway repair
can be reduced.
With the help of RAMS, Lytton
said that the 10 percent increase in
the use of state funds could cut $25
million off the annual budget of $250
million.
So in one year the TTI, whose
main office is located on campus in
the Highway Reserach Center, can
justify its existence, if the programs
are used and used properly, said
Lytton.
Slippery roads may become safer to drive on Index developed by Dr. Don Ivey, a Texas
with the institution of a Wet Weather Safety A&M University engineer.
raft Workshop registration begins today
By TIM JASEK
Campus Reporter
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pring workshops today.
be workshops, which begin Feb.
d run until April 7, offer classes
verything from glass etching to
d carving and will be taught by
libers of the craft shop, Texas
A&M University staff and the Bryan-
College Station community.
Most classes will be held from 7 to
9 p.m. one day each week and will
vary from one class meeting for the
bicycle clinic to eight meetings for
the cake decorating class.
Enrollment fees range from $3 for
the bicycle clinic to $36 for the class
in guitar construction and must be
paid upon completing a registration
form in Room 032 of the MSC. A
Texas A&M student ID is required.
Students will be responsible for
the necessary class supplies in most
cases. Supply lists for each workshop
will be available in the Craft Shop.
Registration will continue for each
workshop until each has reached the
maximum number of students allow
able or until the first meeting of the
workshop.
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