Mobile phone use while driving: public opinions on restrictions

This paper reviews two road-user surveys on the use of mobile phones on the road in Finland where the mobile phone ownership rate is highest in the world (70% in August 2000). From 1998 to 1999 the proportion of drivers that chose to use a mobile phone while driving rose from 56% to 68%, while the proportion of phone using drivers who experienced dangerous situations due to phone use rose from 44% to 50%. The proportion of drivers who used their phones in some way to benefit safety on the road remained at about 55%. The youngest, novice drivers had the highest level of phone usage of all age categories. Over 48% of the interviewees believed that the government should ban the use of hand-held mobile phones while driving, and another 27% believed that all types of mobile phone use should be banned while driving. Those drivers who used their phones the most each day were more likely to want some form of restrictions, than those who had lower usage. This is a strong message to the elected lawmakers and raises the problem of exactly how regulatory bodies would go about controlling the future growth of new driver support and non-driving related communication devices in road vehicles. It was concluded that legislating for hands-free use only would be a reasonable course of action. Mandating that the current generation of equipment should be optimized for hands-free use should result in future generations of in-vehicle equipment also being optimized for hands-free use as a minimum criterion.     

浅谈北方地区道路翻浆的成因及防治

结合工程实践分析了我国北方地区道路翻浆成因，并提出了多种防治措施。     

盐渍土地区公路边坡的生物防护

结合实践经验论述了盐渍土地区公路边坡生物防护技术的意义,介绍了公路边坡生物防护的主要模式、护坡植物的选择原则以及主要的护坡植物类型。     

海上平台水喷淋系统喷头选型

水喷淋系统是海上平台上非常重要的安全保护系统之一，喷头的选型是水喷淋系统设计中的重点和难点。对此结合海上平台的特点，从理论和海上工程应用等方面进行了论述，提供了海上平台水喷淋头喷头选型的方法，可供同行参考使用。     

基于资源节约的企业评价指标体系探讨

企业评价是一种目标导向性活动。面对资源日趋紧张及环境日趋恶化的形势,满足可持续发展和环境治理的要求,对企业的评价应体现其资源的利用效率,因此文章首先提出并论证了构建资源节约导向型的企业评价指标体系的必要性。其次,将企业资源划分为土地、能源、水资源和矿产资源,并从资源占用、资源节约、资源回收利用方面探讨了指标体系的构建方法,给出了基于资源节约的指标体系。最后应用改进后的主成分分析法对该指标体系进行评价,克服以往评价方法客观性不强的缺点。     

Impacts of motor vehicle operation on water quality in the US – Cleanup costs and policies

This paper investigates the costs of controlling some of the environmental impacts of motor vehicle transportation on groundwater and on surface waters. We estimate that annualized costs of cleaning-up leaking underground storage tanks range from $0.8 billion to $2.1 billion per year over 10 years. Annualized costs of controlling highway runoff from principal arterials in the US are much larger: they range from $2.9 billion to $15.6 billion per year over 20 years (1.6–8.3% of annualized highway transportation expenditures). Some causes of non-point source pollution were unintentionally created by regulations or could be addressed by simple design changes of motor vehicles. A review of applicable measures suggests that effective policies should combine economic incentives, information campaigns, and enforcement, coupled with preventive environmental measures. In general, preventing water pollution from motor vehicles would be much cheaper than cleaning it up.     

EAM系统在秦皇岛港设备管理中的应用

港口是典型的资产密集型企业,设备的平稳运行是保障港口生产的决定性因素之一。秦皇岛港引入了以工单为主线的企业资产管理(EAM)系统,通过应用EAM系统实现了企业管理、基础数据积累、业务流程优化、人力物力管理和应用系统的有效整合,全面提升了设备管理水平。     

基于和谐理念的出租车客运系统发展研究

从行业管理角度出发。采用和谐理念．分析当前出租车客运系统的“负效应”。探讨其表现形式和成因。通过对目前出租车客运系统和谐状态的判断。指出相关的和谐要点和简单措施。     

现代船舶动力定位系统设计

围绕现代动力定位系统的设计问题,讨论系统的构建、数学建模、控制器设计和推力器的推力分配,重点给出了基于扩展Kalman滤波的动力定位LQG控制器设计算法。     

渤海波浪地理信息系统的建立

随着地理信息系统(GIS)的广泛应用,建立一个具有波浪预报或后报功能的信息系统为工程建设服务,不仅十分必要,而且随着波浪模拟技术的发展变得可能。文中论述了采用第三代波浪模型中的SWAN(SimulatingWAves Nearshore)来模拟渤海波浪场,在获得较长时间波浪模拟结果的基础上,对渤海波浪地理信息系统的建立进行了一些尝试和探索。这些波浪资料对于港口及海洋工程是十分必要的。