Con questa frase Horvath sintetizza in maniera chiara ed efficace perchè i progettisti usano ancora il Winkler:
The net result of the individual positive and negative aspects of both approaches for subgrade
model development has been that the numerous advanced subgrade models inherently more
accurate than Winkler's Hypothesis that have been identified over the past 70 years (see Table 1)
have seen relatively little practical application. As a result, practitioners and researchers alike
continue to struggle with using Winkler's Hypothesis as a subgrade model simply out of necessity
and not for its technical superiority or even adequacy.