title: Can electronic stability control replace studded tyres?
abstract: Based on recent studies, this paper examines whether an increased use of electronic stability control can replace studded tyres. A re-analysis of a study that evaluated the effects on accidents of changes in the use of studded tyres in major cities in Norway is presented. It is found that if all cars have electronic stability control, the use of studded tyres can be reduced to about 15 percent before any increase in the number of accidents occurs. Even if studded tyres were eliminated entirely, any increase in the number of accidents is likely to be considerably smaller than it would have been if electronic stability control had never been invented.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Transport Economics, Gaustadalleen 21, NO-0349 Oslo, Norway; Department of Civil Engineering, Aalborg University, Sofiendalsvej 11, DK-9210 Aalborg SV, Denmark. Electronic address: re@toi.no.
authors.forename: Rune
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elvik
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001336:Automobiles / Q000592:standards*; D004581:Electronics / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007053:Ice; D009664:Norway; D011891:Rain; D012914:Snow
chemical_list: D007053:Ice
keywords: Electronic stability control; Evaluation study; Studded tyres