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News Release from: Choice Pavement Systems | Subject: Straus Pavement Damage Estimation
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 May 2006
New SPDE tool rapidly estimates road
damage
The Straus Pavement Damage Estimation, or SPDE, is claimed to be the only tool of its kind to successfully differentiate between illegally and legally overweight trucks.
Highway maintenance and replacement cost billions annually These costs are expected to jump due to an increase in truck volume and a lack of automation, cutting edge technologies, and overweight vehicle enforcement
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 19 Jun 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Reports show that pavement damage increases exponentially with axle weight.
Enter the Straus Pavement Damage Estimation , or SPDE the only such tool of its kind to successfully differentiate between illegally and legally overweight trucks.
Such technology advances methods for improving the quality and safety of international and national roadways.
The SPDE , successfully deployed in several Departments of Transportation across the U.S.A., is very useful for the development of permit fees, load lifting or restricting requirements, mobile enforcement activity improvements, quantification of collisions, and pavement damage reduction techniques.
A recent government report highlights concerns about safety and security at interstate, intrastate, and international borders.
The majority of trucks are not weighed.
Illegally overweight trucks are often not fined for pavement damage.
Furthermore, most US states and countries lack estimates of road damage, particularly due to overweight trucks.
Research shows that the Straus Pavement Damage Estimation (SPDE ) can save states, taxpayers, and agencies millions per year through savings from avoided pavement damage.
According to the State of Vermont - Vermont Agency for Transportation (VTrans), Pavement Management Section, "This type of information has never been available - there is strong potential for SPDE results to play a part in developing more efficient and reliable pavement structures".
The Straus Pavement Damage Estimation tools are now exclusively available through Choice Pavement Systems.
As part of their commitment to improving the quality and safety of roads, the Choice Pavement Team is currently working on expanding their research on many different kinds of pavement damage estimations.
The study on the Straus Pavement Damage Estimation was disseminated through the National Academies of Science Transportation Research Board in February 2006.
It was also presented at their 85th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.
For further information on the Straus Pavement Damage Estimation, (the SPDE ) please contact Choice Pavement Systems.
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