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This committee is concerned with the development and evaluation of forgiving highway roadsides through countermeasures, safety hardware, and features and practices that will reduce the number and severity of roadway departure crashes and optimize the safety benefit to the traveling public.

Committee Leadership

Chair – John Donahue – Washington State DoT

Subcommittee Chairs

  • AKD20(1) Computational Mechanics – Nauman Sheikh (Texas A&M Transportation Institute)

  • AKD20(2) International Activities – Chiara Dobrovolny (Texas A&M Transportation Institute)

  • AKD20(3) In-Service Performance Evaluation – Christine Carrigan (RoadSafe, LLC)

Secretary – Mark Ayton (Safe Roads Engineering)

Research Needs Coordinator – Luke Riexinger (Virginia Tech)

Communications Coordinator – Fadi Tahan (George Mason University)