Young drivers and graduated licensing: The Ontario case

Despite improvements in road safety over the past several decades, accident rates remain high for young drivers. One accident countermeasure that is expected to improve the safety record of this group is graduated licensing. The philosophy behind this licensing system is that novice drivers, of whom the majority are young, should be restricted to relatively safe driving environments during the initial learning period. Graduated licensing was implemented in the Province of Ontario, Canada in 1994. The objective of this study is to estimate the potential benefits and costs for young drivers associated with two components of the Ontario graduated licensing package: the late-night driving curfew and the high-speed roadway restrictions. Based on accident and travel data for the year 1988, accident-involvement rates per kilometre driven were calculated for different driver groups for various combinations of time of day and roadway speed limit. These rates were then applied to the expected mobility profiles of young drivers affected by graduated licensing. The results of the study support the late-night curfew and suggest that this component of the licensing package should reduce total accident involvements for the affected group by up to 10 percent and fatal accident involvements by up to 24 percent, while reducing their total driving by only four percent. By contrast, the empirical evidence suggest that the high-speed roadway restrictions are likely to increase accident involvements, and thus it is strongly recommended that this component of Ontario's graduated licensing package be changed.     

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.     

狗同种异体肝段互换异位移植

本文叙述了犬同种异体肝段互换异位移植的手术方法。１４例手术９例成功，说明该方法在技术上是可行的。占全肝重量３０％的供肝段（左外叶下段）植入右肝下间隙，不会造成明显的腹腔占位问题。此处，供肝段位置接近生理状态，手术操作较为方便。供肝段切取的技术要求较高，任何损伤供肝段肝动脉和胆管支的疏忽都将导致供肝段的废用。尽量缩短供肝段的缺血时间亦是保证移植成功的重要因素之一。     

对中国未来10年道路交通安全状况分析与初步预测

笔者从中国现代道路交通系统的发展现状与道路交通安全状况出发，以过去10多年中国汽车、摩托车保有量的发展轨迹为基础，对中国未来一定时期（2004～2015年）机动车保有量的发展变化及政府采取不同管理对策条件下的道路交通安全状况的发展水平进行了预测。结果表明：政府管理对策对道路交通安全状况变化具有决定性影响。     

200km／h动力分散型电动车组主变压器辅助绕组电压的选定

针对我国用于客运专线的200km/h动力分散型电动车组，通过对网压波动的讨论和主变压器辅助绕组电压与电流的计算，说明了主变压器辅助绕组电压选择790V的理由。     

基于电力传动磨轨车辅助电源滤波器设计

简要分析了基于电力传动磨轨车辅助电源整流单元和逆变单元谐波产生的机理,对设置直流滤波器以及交流滤波器的必要性做了说明,重点阐述直流滤波器和交流滤波器的参数设计,并且通过仿真对参数选择做了校验.仿真结果及试验结果表明,滤波器参数选择对谐波的消除具有很好的实用价值.     

新九燕山隧道主洞与辅助坑道交叉口施工技术

根据包西铁路大断面红黏土隧道新九燕山隧道施工实例,就斜井和大跨度红黏土隧道交叉口施工方案进行选择,并对斜井向正洞施工方法的转化、施工技术措施等进行阐述。     

沙漠地区高速公路风积沙路基压实方法研究

我国乃至世界在沙漠公路的设计、施工、试验、检测等方面没有较为全面的规程和规范,以指导沙漠路基的施工。本文结合交通部西部交通建设科技项目,在室内试验研究和理论分析的基础上,通过榆靖沙漠高速公路、陕蒙沙漠高速公路(半幅)及靖王高速公路(沙漠段)试验路及大型室内试槽试验研究成果的基础上,提出了沙漠地区风积沙路基施工压实工艺、方法、压路机的参数等。该研究成果已在陕西几条沙漠高速公路上得到应用,解决了沙漠路基诸多技术难题,为国内沙漠地区公路路基施工规范的编写积累了非常重要的资料,同时也取得了显著的社会效益和经济效益。     

路堤块石自然对流机理的室内模拟试验研究

为研究路堤块石在边界温度周期波动条件下的自然对流发生机理及降温效应的表征参数,采用室内模拟方法对50×50×65cm3尺寸的不同块石试样进行了试验和理论分析,结果表明:平均RAYLEIGH数能描述块石层自然对流的发生情况,不同厚度的块石层将产生不同的对流模式,厚度大的块石层所产生的自然对流降温效应也较大,上层砂砾加下层块石的结构自然对流效应最弱。块石层降温效果取决于块石粒径、层厚及铺筑在路堤中的位置,这一结论对多年冻土地区路堤设计、施工,合理确定块石铺筑层厚、铺筑层位具有现实指导意义。     

A cross-country study of fairness and infringement on freedom as determinants of car owners' acceptance of road pricing

Jakobsson et al. (2000) found that in Sweden public acceptance of road pricing decreases if it is perceived to be unfair and to infringe on freedom. The present study reports a survey investigating whether the same effects are found in the Asian countries of Japan and Taiwan. The results indicate that fairness plays the same role. However, income had a direct effect on acceptance in Taiwan but not in Japan or Sweden.