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Dr. John C. Glennon has been a prolific writer and researcher on the subject of roadway safety over a period of 40 years. Author of the book, Roadway Safety and Tort Liability, he has written over 120 publications about construction zone safety, forgiving roadsides, the safety of roadway curves, the placement of roadside barriers, the need for adequate sight distance, what creates a propensity for hydroplaning, the threshold of tolerability for pavement edge drop offs, the safety of railroad grade crossings, and the safe and proper use of traffic control devices. He has also developed new ways of thinking about both the science and the art of accident reconstruction. This volume of 22 collected works (12 of which are previously unpublished) is an attempt to preserve some of Dr. Glennon's ideas in order to show a body of work in a way that might inspire others to pursue some of the yet unsolved mysteries of roadway safety. The titles of papers presented in these collected works are as follows:

ROADWAY SAFETY TOPICS

1. The Safety of Roadway Features

2. Highway Safety Requirements for Low-Volume Rural Roads

3. The MUTCD at Court

4. Accident Analyses for Highway Curves

5. Thoughts on a New Approach to Signing Roadway Curves

6. Roadway and Traffic Safety References

HIGHWAY DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE TOPICS

1. Hydroplaning -The Trouble With Highway Cross Slope

2. A Primer on Roadway Pavement Edge Drop Offs

3. Roadside Clear Zones on Roadway Curves - Can We See Clearly Now?

4. A New Concept for Determining Guardrail Length of Need

5. A New and Improved Model of Passing Sight Distance on Two-Lane Highways

6. Highway Design Consistency and Systematic Design Related to Highway Safety

7. What's Wrong with Applying the New AASHTO Opposing Left-Turn Intersection Sight Distance Design Standard to Existing Roadways?

ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION TOPICS

1. A Basic Primer on Motor-Vehicle Accident Reconstruction - A Slide Prensentation

2. Classical Errors in Accident Reconstruction: Real Experts vs. Fakes, Fools, and Frauds

3. Debunking a Questionable Accident Reconstruction

4. Calculating Critical Speed: An Accident Reconstruction Method Fraught with Error

5. Measuring Roadway Curve Radius Using the Compass Method

6. Accident Investigation and Reconstruction References

RAILROAD CROSSING SAFETY TOPICS

1. Railroad Defense Definitions of Extra-Hazardous Grade Crossings / A Rebuttal

2. Low-Cost Safety Improvements at Rail-Highway Crossings

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