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ENCROACHMENT RATE [1 record]

Record 1 2005-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Traffic
CONT

The road section was regularly patrolled, and observed wheel tracks in the grassed median and the gravel part of the median shoulder were measured to establish the angle of encroachment and the lateral extent of the encroachment. The observed encroachments were combined with traffic volume data to estimate the encroachment rate.

OBS

Of vehicles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation routière
CONT

Taux d'empiétement [...] des véhicules sur les accotements des routes.

OBS

empiètement : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • taux d'empiètement

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