This study investigates the effects of dual master cylinders and disc brakes which were introduced by automobile manufacturers to meet the 1968 and 1976 versions, respectively, of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 105. Regression analyses were used to determine the effects of dual master cylinders and disc brakes with respect to two performance variables: the percentage of accident-involved cars reported to have brake defects, and the percentage of time that a car of a given class was the striking car in two-car front-to-rear crashes. Data for the analyses were taken from North Carolina accidents occurring between 1971 and 1979. Both dual master cylinders and disc brakes were found to be statistically significant in reducing the percentage of cars in accidents with brake defects. Neither, however, was found to be significantly associated with the percentage of striking cars in two car front-to-rear crashes.


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    Titel :

    Statistical Evaluation of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 105 (Passenger Car Hydraulic Brakes)


    Beteiligte:
    J. R. Stewart (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1982


    Format / Umfang :

    77 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch