The Research Safety Vehicle characterized as an automobile having a maxium weight of a present-day subcompact but with the usable space of a compact. Foam-filled closed sheet metal volumes and advanced airbag restraints provide a very high degree of occupant protection, particularly in frontal, frontal oblique, and frontal offset modes at higher velocities. Front-to-side crash performance is also a major concern. The characterization includes a high-g braking mode and a system to detect impaired driver performance. Performance to produce the greatest safety payoff in the mid-1980s and great payoff in research value in the later 1970s is specified.
Research Safety Vehicle Phase I. Volume III. Vehicle Characterization and Performance Specification
1975
152 pages
Report
No indication
English
Research Safety Vehicle - Phase I. Volume II
NTIS | 1975
Research Safety Vehicle - Phase I. Volume III
NTIS | 1975