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Interview Report 3
Author: Barry Atkinson
Subject: Mr. Ray Wales
Date: 27 August, 2002.
Location: 10 Lansdale Avenue, Dingley
Topic: Assignment: Expert System - Knowledge Extraction Interview No.2
PURPOSE:• Identify typical subjects for inspection. Using Portland-Nelson Rd as a comparison, identify
subjects of another recent inspection tour.
• Identify any alternative phases of the process
• Identify any alternative preconceptions arrived at pre-inspection
• Identify categories of pre-inspection references
• Identify general sources of local knowledge who might be consulted as part of the inspection
process
Main points of interview:1. Comparison chosen:B500 Great Alpine Road (Wangaratta - Bairnsdale)
• 300km long (compare Portland-Nelson Rd 70km)
• Extremely varying terrain (compare Portland-Nelson little variety)
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Areas of interest in Great Alpine Road not mentioned in previous interviews.
• Traffic volume, and consequences, due to large regional city (Wangaratta)
• Mountainous terrain and prevalence of winding roads
• Rapidly expanding tourist usage
• Wide range of usage (slight, seasonal, heavy, year-round) on sections of the same road
• Shadows a hazard (normal vision, aggravate bad road conditions)
• Black ice (ice same colour as road surface) as a hazard
• Very steep drop-off beside roadway
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• Heavy pedestrian traffic on road in ski villages
• Proposed development of resorts which impacts on road route
• Airfield proposal - access to road
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Steep inclines
• Horseshoe bends
• Summertime unrestricted cattle grazing around road
• Seasonal traffic
• Flood area on some sections of road
• Fog as hazard (summer and winter)
• Some sections subject to more local road spending than others
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Length of road precludes continuous guard rail at dangerous areas - reliance on accidentreports for appropriate placement.
• Advertised warnings of road conditions via public radio, TV
• Bus, tourist coach traffic
• Physical hazards (rocks) close to road side
• Not constantly open (some sections subject to closure due to bad weather)
• Tunnelling as an option in road building
3.
Process phases
• Regardless of road, inspections phases do not vary greatly, although road may be divided
into stages
4.
Preconceptions
• Each road involves varied pre-conceptions of terrain and usage
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Pre-inspection references
• Traffic volume survey. Usage range and variety. Historic (10 year) change in usage. Seasonal
and daily traffic volumes. Urban and tourist area separated.
• Road Accident Survey (Police) Incidence, comparable areas. State average. Vehicles
involved. Accident type. Varied analysis available.
• Previous reports by local shire - planning, engineering, land use
• VicRoads regional office for district
• Tourist authority - what attractions. Development plans
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6. Sources of local knowledge
• Resort developers
• Local motel operators
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Local bus and transport businesses
• Resort managers
• Road maintenance staff of local shires
• Bus drivers
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