PURPOSES : This study estimated the load effect of a single heavy truck to develop a live load model for the design and assessment of bridges located on an expressway with a limited truck entry weight. METHODS: The statistical estimation methods for the live load effect acting on a bridge by a heavy vehicle are reviewed, and applications using the actual measurement data for trucks traveling on an expressway are presented. The weight estimation of a single vehicle and its effect on a bridge are fundamental elements in the construction of a live load model. Two statistical estimation methods for the application of extrapolation in a probabilistic study and an additional estimation method that adopts the extreme value theory are reviewed. RESULTS : The proposed methods are applied to the traffic data measured on an expressway. All of the estimation methods yield similar results using the data measured when the weight limit has been relatively well observed because of the rigid enforcement of the weight regulation. On the other hand, when the estimations are made using overweight traffic data, the resulting values differ with the estimation method. CONCLUSIONS: The estimation methods based on the extreme distribution theory and the modified procedure presented in this paper can yield reasonable values for the maximum weight of a single truck, which can be applied in both the design and evaluation of a bridge on an expressway.

This study investigates the delay declaration of the traffic insurance accident which is focused on a business truck causing the traffic insurance accident. The type of the delay declaration is classified as 15 types and it differs in level of payment of insurance money. It is most important that the support policy of government and the self-help of related business to reduce the delay declaration and pursue progressive solution. Moreover, it is essential not only introducing the strict regulation system but also adapting the various victim protection system.

본 연구에서는 다차로 고속도로에서 트럭주행 차로를 제한하는 전략이 교통류 변수(평균속도, 차선변경 횟수, 총교통량의 변화)에 어떤 영향을 미치는 지를 알아보았고, 또한 본 연구에서 제안된 트럭주행 차로를 제한하는 전략에 대한 대안들의 적용 타당성을 알아보았다. 교통 시뮬레이션을 위해 두 가지 형태의 가상 네트워크와 교통수요를 설정했으며, 트럭 차량의 주행을 제한하는 차로의 수에 근거하여 3가지 실행가능한 시나리오를 설정하였다. PARAMICS 시뮬레이션 모형이 주요 분석 Tool로 사용되었다. 통계분석을 통해 시나리오에 따른 교통류 변수에 대한 영향을 분석하였다. 결과적으로, 트럭주행 차로를 제한하는 전략은 다차로 고속도로에서 교통류의 흐름에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 이 연구는 트럭 주행 차로를 제한하는 전략이 성공적으로 시행되기 위해 트럭 차량의 주행을 제한하는 차로의 수의 결정이 중요한 요소가 될 수 있다는 것을 보여주었다.