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Title: LAWS, STANDARDS AND LIABILITY (DISCUSSION)
Accession Number: 00378517
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Dorsey versus Honda is a very strong recent authority for this. Although Honda met the specific Federal standards, its crashworthiness could have been improved by using known safety devices and better materials. The court cited, for example, that nothing would happen with the size of the car if they had made the webbing and the safety belt less elastic. One could argue that the $5,000,000 punitive damage was for failure to surpass existing safety standards. The plaintiff was able to prove that Honda was aware that the safety standards were inadequate to protect passengers in a collision, and that it knew ways of improving the vehicle's crashworthiness, but never implemented them. (Author)
Supplemental Notes: This paper appeared in Transportation Research Circular No. 264, Mini and Microautomobile Forum: Overview and Potential Problems. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Hricko, APagination: p. 25-30
Publication Date: 1983-9
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
TRT Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Dec 30 1983 12:00AM
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