Graduated driver licensing in the United States: evaluation results from the early programs

BACKGROUND: Seventeen states enacted graduated driver licensing (GDL) programs that were implemented from 1996 through 1999 and for which evaluations are of interest. METHODS: We received evaluation results reported for six states for which data were available. Summarizing results is difficult in other than the most global terms because of differences in pre-GDL programs, differences in GDL programs, and differences in evaluation methodology. RESULTS: All states identified some crash reduction among teen drivers following GDL implementation. This positive effect was observed across different geographic regions, and with different GDL programs. Simple counts are down-fewer teens are experiencing crashes and becoming injured. After calculating crash rates to adjust for changes over time in populations or licensed drivers, reductions generally were still found. Population-adjusted risks of injury/fatal crash involvement of 16-year-old drivers in Florida and Michigan were reduced by 11% and 24%, respectively. Population-adjusted risks of any crash involvement of 16-year-old drivers in Michigan and North Carolina were reduced by 25% and 27%, respectively. Reductions in night (restricted hours) crash risk were impressive in Florida, Michigan, and North Carolina. A comparison state design was only possible in the Florida evaluation, and results showed greater crash reductions under GDL. Change-point analyses of Michigan's crash data trends over time provided additional support of GDL's effectiveness in reducing crashes. DISCUSSION: Taken as a whole, and including the preliminary findings from California, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, these reports demonstrate the early effectiveness of GDL in reducing the crash risk of teen drivers. The impact of these studies and others to come will guide future research, practice, and policy.     

COMPARATIVE BASES OF INDUSTRY POLLUTION ABATEMENT AND COMMERCIAL INNOVATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT1

ABSTRACT: Adoption, maintenance, and operation of pollution control technology by manufacturing firms is essential to effective water resource management. In this study of 102 industries, we find that company adoption of pollution control technology and practices is primarily associated with two factors: (1) the overall company capacity for innovation in its production technology; and (2) company relationships with state and federal pollution control agencies, local government officials and professionals. Managerial attitudes about pollution and government regulation are not associated with either pollution control or commercial innovation, but are seen as basic to industry-government relationships. The data suggest an important regulatory dilemma, the problem of regulating a large number of small companies with a low capacity for innovation, but which when taken together account for large volumes of toxic effluent.     

某型步进电机驱动器在高原和沙漠环境下的失效分析

针对某型步进电机驱动器在高原、沙漠环境下模拟运行试验中出现的故障现象,通过故障和失效分析,找出了导致步进电机驱动器失效的主要原因：严酷的工作环境条件和元器件的选择不当。根据失效分析结果提出了相应的改进措施。     

Novice teen driving: GDL and beyond

The Symposium on Novice Teen Driving: GDL and Beyond--Research Foundations for Policy and Practice, held in Tucson, AZ, on February 5-7, 2007, provided a detailed overview of graduated driver licensing (GDL) and other beginning driver issues in the United States. This paper summarizes the information presented at the Symposium and in its background papers. IMPACT ON INDUSTRY: This information and summary should help all interested persons and organizations, including industry, in their efforts to improve GDL and teen driver programs in the United States, which in turn will further reduce traffic crashes and fatalities involving teenage drivers.     

装甲车辆驾驶员终端的电磁兼容设计

简要介绍了装甲车辆驾驶员终端的基本功能组成,详细分析了驾驶员终端所处的电磁环境,从电源端口、信息端口、屏蔽、接地和电路板设计等方面进行了电磁兼容设计,保证系统正常工作,为装甲车辆驾驶员终端的可靠性设计提供了参考.     

1000MW燃煤电厂商业SCR脱硝催化剂的失活

以浙江某燃煤电厂1000MW商业SCR脱硝催化剂为研究对象,通过催化表征和活性评价综合分析该电厂1000MW商业SCR脱硝催化剂的失活原因.研究表明,催化剂的失活是多种因素共同作用的结果,（1） Fe,S,K和As元素中毒,其元素含量较新鲜催化剂分别增加了318.0%,233.3%,199.3%和99.8%;（2）催化剂表面孔道的飞灰堵塞,硫酸盐类沉积以及长时间高温反应造成催化剂的烧结和颗粒物的团聚,导致失活SCR脱硝催化剂比表面积较新鲜催化剂下降了20.3%;（3）活性组分V的价态变化造成V⁴⁺/V⁵⁺的比值由6.46下降至1.35,以及Lewis酸位点减少了34.2%,从而导致催化剂的失活.     

Analysis of Driver Evasive Maneuvering Prior to Intersection Crashes Using Event Data Recorders

Objective: Intersection crashes account for over 4,500 fatalities in the United States each year. Intersection Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (I-ADAS) are emerging vehicle-based active safety systems that have the potential to help drivers safely navigate across intersections and prevent intersection crashes and injuries. The performance of an I-ADAS is expected to be highly dependent upon driver evasive maneuvering prior to an intersection crash. Little has been published, however, on the detailed evasive kinematics followed by drivers prior to real-world intersection crashes. The objective of this study was to characterize the frequency, timing, and kinematics of driver evasive maneuvers prior to intersection crashes.

Methods: Event data recorders (EDRs) downloaded from vehicles involved in intersection crashes were investigated as part of NASS-CDS years 2001 to 2013. A total of 135 EDRs with precrash vehicle speed and braking application were downloaded to investigate evasive braking. A smaller subset of 59 EDRs that collected vehicle yaw rate was additionally analyzed to investigate evasive steering. Each vehicle was assigned to one of 3 precrash movement classifiers (traveling through the intersection, completely stopped, or rolling stop) based on the vehicle's calculated acceleration and observed velocity profile. To ensure that any significant steering input observed was an attempted evasive maneuver, the analysis excluded vehicles at intersections that were turning, driving on a curved road, or performing a lane change. Braking application at the last EDR-recorded time point was assumed to indicate evasive braking. A vehicle yaw rate greater than 4° per second was assumed to indicate an evasive steering maneuver.

Results: Drivers executed crash avoidance maneuvers in four-fifths of intersection crashes. A more detailed analysis of evasive braking frequency by precrash maneuver revealed that drivers performing complete or rolling stops (61.3%) braked less often than drivers traveling through the intersection without yielding (79.0%). After accounting for uncertainty in the timing of braking and steering data, the median evasive braking time was found to be between 0.5 to 1.5 s prior to impact, and the median initial evasive steering time was found to occur between 0.5 and 0.9 s prior to impact. The median average evasive braking deceleration for all cases was found to be 0.58 g. The median of the maximum evasive vehicle yaw rates was found to be 8.2° per second. Evasive steering direction was found to be most frequently in the direction of travel of the approaching vehicle.

Conclusions: The majority of drivers involved in intersection crashes were alert enough to perform an evasive action. Most drivers used a combination of steering and braking to avoid a crash. The average driver attempted to steer and brake at approximately the same time prior to the crash.     

基于模糊规则推理的商业综合体火灾情景构建方法研究

为了提高商业综合体火灾扑救效率,在分析描述情景结构组成的基础上,设计了商业综合体火灾情景分层网络模型,将复杂的商业综合体火灾化为层次清晰的模型。引入了模糊规则推理理论,分析了商业综合体火灾情景构建的流程,运用模糊推理理论的合成推理规则方法对商业综合体火灾进行情景规则的推理建立,并构建火灾情景发展网络链路图,实现火灾情景状态发展可视化。     

基于DEMATEL/ISM的地下商业街火灾风险影响因素研究

为研究某地下商业街火灾风险影响因素，针对该地下商业街火灾的复杂性和特殊性，建立了包括人员、设备、环境、管理等4个大类下的16个影响因素的火灾风险影响因素指标体系，运用DEMATEL方法分析影响火灾风险的关键因素，并结合ISM方法建立影响因素多层次递阶解释结构模型。结果表明：火灾风险由多种影响因素耦合而成，消防人员工作能力、地下建筑结构复杂度、消防资金投入大小和消防安全规程的执行力度是影响地下商业街火灾的关键因素。     

古商业街木结构建筑防火间距的数值模拟研究

古商业街木结构建筑较多,防火间距先天不足,发生火灾后蔓延迅速,有必要开展木结构建筑引燃特性研究以获得合理的防火间距设置参数.以古商业街为研究对象,以临界温度和热辐射强度作为着火建筑对面木结构建筑被引燃的判定指标,综合考虑环境风速、建筑间距、火源功率、喷淋系统等因素,运用火灾动力学模拟软件FDS分析系列火灾场景下的温度和...