Australian Road Design Rules - Skid Resistance

I've been looking for some technical information about the required
skid resistance of Australian road surfaces. The idiots from the City
of Perth have just paved a substantial section of road on Wellington
Street (outside Perth station) with pavers that are extremely slippery
in the wet, and I can only assume that this has been architected for
looks, rather than being designed for safety. I plan on writing them a
polite letter, asking for access to the technical specs of the pavers
(skid resistance), but I'd like to be armed with the relevant AS if
possible, Has anyone looked for this in the past?

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:37:46 -0700 (PDT)

Try your local council. (even if it is City of Perth)

They should have copies you can look at.

An end run around the know-nothing on the reception desk is to see if
they ahve a librarian - Adelaide City Council did and she could get
hold of things like that very easily.

Zebee

 

Most State Authorities follow the Austroads Guidelines. They are not
compulsory, so I don't know whether your state does or not. If it
does, the authorities library ought to have at least one hard copy.

http://www.austroads.com.au/

 

Is the section of roadway you're talking about a road which is required
to comply with any road building regulations? I remember there was a
lot of discussion years ago in Melbourne when the Albert Park Grand Prix
circuit was redeveloped because there was at least one motorcycle
fatality where a rider was killed when he hit bollards which were on the
side of the road. The bollards on that section of road did not comply
with Vicroads regulations for the proximity of roadside furniture, but
because the park is controlled by Parks Victoria and is designated a
park, although the road is heavily used and policed just like any other
road it was considered to be a driveway through the park and even though
at least one fatality was recorded there there was no need for them to
make any changes to avert possible future injury or death to road users.

Nev..

 

And besides, he was a motorcyclist, so was asking for it.

 

It's one of Perth's main streets, so I sure hope it has to comply!

 

Thanks for the useful posts (Zebee et al). I wasn't sure that this
group accomodated serious questions any more, so it's refreshing to
see that the 'ol timers are still lurking below the trolls that are
circling on the surface.