In the last years three experiments have been carried out with LCPC accelerated loading facility to investigate the rutting resistance of different wearing courses. As far as asphalt concretes were concerned, attention was paid to the influence of the nature of the binder, keeping the other parameters constant. The reference mix was selected with a given proportion of rounded sand and a 50/70 pen grade pure bitumen. The performance of this material was compared to mixes with polymer modified binders, special bitumen and bitumen with additives. These materials were used in a 8 cm thick surface layer. A comparison was also made with a high modulus asphalt concrete as a bounding layer covered by a very thin bituminous concrete. Depending on the experiments the loading axles were single large wheels or common dual wheels. A heating system was tested to increase the temperature in the pavement upper layers. Data were obtained on the influence of the material type, loadings, and temperature on rutting.