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Category : Traffic accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
State Traffic Safety Information
Author: Special Investigation Report
Author: United States. National Transportation Safety BoardPublisher:
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Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Between 1999 and 2000, the National Transportation Safety Board investigated nine rear-end collisions in which 20 people died and 181 were injured. Common to all nine accidents was the rear following vehicle driver's degraded perception of traffic conditions ahead. As the Safety Board reported in 1995 and further discussed at its 1999 public hearing, existing technology in the form of intelligent Transportation Systems can prevent rear-end collisions. In the nine accidents investigated by the Board, one (and sometimes more) of the available technologies would have helped alert drivers to the vehicles ahead, so that they could slow their vehicles, and would have prevented or mitigated the circumstances of the collisions. The major issue addressed in this Safety Board special investigation report is the prevention of rear-end collisions through the use of Intelligent transportation systems. This report also discusses some of the challenges, including implementation, consumer acceptance, public perception, and training, associated with the deployment of vehicle-and infrastructure-based collision warning systems. As a result of its investigation, the Safety Board issues recommendations to the U.S. Department of Transportation; the Federal Highway Administration; the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; truck, motorcoach, and automobile manufacturers; the Intelligent Transportation Society of America; the American Trucking Associations, Inc.; the Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association; and the National Private Truck Council.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Rating System for Rollover Resistance
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for the Study of a Motor Vehicle Rollover Rating SystemPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309072492
Category : Motor vehicles
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Explains that the static stability factor is an indicator of a vehicle's propensity to roll over, and that US government ratings for vehicles do not reflect differences in rollover resistance. This report states that the 5-star system should allow discrimination among vehicles and incorporate results from road tests that measure vehicle control.
Highway Accident Report
Author: Public Roads
Author: Annual Report to Congress
Author: United States. National Transportation Safety BoardPublisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Bus Crashworthiness Issues
Author: World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention
Author: Marjorie PedenPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437904068
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Every day thousands of people are killed and injured on our roads. Millions of people each year will spend long weeks in the hospital after severe crashes and many will never be able to live, work or play as they used to do. Current efforts to address road safety are minimal in comparison to this growing human suffering. This report presents a comprehensive overview of what is known about the magnitude, risk factors and impact of road traffic injuries, and about ways to prevent and lessen the impact of road crashes. Over 100 experts, from all continents and different sectors -- including transport, engineering, health, police, education and civil society -- have worked to produce the report. Charts and tables.
Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
Author: DIANE Publishing CompanyPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788119125
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 267
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