CR 29: Braking stability and handling of motorcycles (1983)

A review of the literature relating to breaking stability and handling of motorcycles was undertaken. Evidence of relationships between motorcycle characteristics and accidents was sought. Anecdotal evidence of operational problems published in user magazines was also reviewed.

CR 30: An investigation of motorcycle braking control gains (1983)

A pilot experimental investigation was made of the effects of motorcycle brake control gains on rider subjective opinion and objective performance in emergency stopping manoeuvres.

CR 28: Driving with drugs in Victoria and Northern Ireland (1983)

This report describes the use of alcohol and medication reported by weekend, night-time drivers surveyed at random by Police in Victoria, Australia and Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

CR 27: Evaluation of Queensland defensive driving course (1984)

A Defensive Driving Course (DDC) comprising four two-hour lectures has been administered by the Queensland Road Safety council since 1969.

CR 26: The development and assessment of a drink driving campaign: A case study (1983)

In January 1979 the Office of Road Safety, Department of Transport, Australia, commissioned B.J. Eliiott and Associates to develop approaches to drink-driving publicity.

CR 18: Inventory of exposure data (1980)

A survey was conducted with the aim of identifying the major sources of exposure data in Australia. For each source, the following items are listed: name and address of source, how frequently data become available (e.g.

CR 23: Drink-driving countermeasures; a study of the Victorian system (1981)

In this study, a system analysis approach was used to describe and quantify the Drink-Driving Countermeasure System in Victoria, as it was in 1977.

CR 21: The economic and social costs of road accidents in Australia - with preliminary cost estimates for Australia in 1978 (1981)

This report contains a review of recent accident cost estimation studies and proposes a unit cost framework which is considered appropriate from both conceptual and empirical view points for the estimation of the social costs of road accidents in Australia.

CR 19: Effects of seat belts and head restraints on neck injury (1980)

While there is strong evidence that seat belt wearing reduces the incidence of severe injuries to vehicle occupants involved in crashes, there is also evidence that the use of lap/sash seat belts increases minor and moderate neck injuries in crashes.

CR 17: A software package to identify and select treatments for hazardous utility poles - user manual - 2 volumes (1980)

This manual describes a suite of computer programs that identify and evaluate treatments for hazardous roadside utility poles. The program PRANK is used to identify the hazardous poles in the set of poles that is input to it.