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RESTRAINT-SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS WITH DISCUSSION

Accession Number:

00222092

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309020921

Abstract:

RESTRAINT SYSTEMS - SHOULDER HARNESS FOR DRIVER & RIGHT-FRONT PASSENGER, LAP BELTS FOR OTHER PASSENGERS; LAP BELTS FOR ALL OCCUPANTS, AIR BAG FOR ALL OCCUPANTS; AND AIR BAG AND LAP BELT FOR ALL OCCUPANTS - ARE COMPARED FOR: (1) POTENTIAL HUMAN LIVES SAVED IN 1969; AND (2) POTENTIAL BABOON AND HUMAN HEAD-ON CRASHES SURVIVED DEPENDENT ON THE TYPE OF RESTRAINT SYSTEM USED. IN ADDITION COMPARISONS ARE PRESENTED FOR MAXIMUM HEAD DECELERATIONS FOR VARIOUS RESTRAINTS, MAXIMUM CHEST DECELERATIONS FOR VARIOUS RESTRAINTS, CHANCES OF SURVIVAL AS A RESULT OF MAXIMUM DECELERATION, BARRIER - EQUIVALENT SPEEDS FOR SINGLE-IMPACT FRONTAL FATALITY VEHICLES AND LVES SAVED AS A RESULT OF THE ACTIVE RESTRAINT SYSTEM USED.

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Monograph Accession #:

01410336

Report/Paper Numbers:

HS-012 931

Authors:

Grush, E S
HENSON, S E
Ritterling, O R

Discussers:

Warner, Charles Y

Pagination:

pp 16-29

Publication Date:

1972

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 420
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Conference:

51st Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1972-1-17 to 1972-1-21

ISBN:

0309020921

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (5) ; References (22) ; Tables (2)

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Subject Areas:

Highways; Safety and Human Factors

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Apr 30 1983 12:00AM

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