A plan for carrying out a one-year program of safe handling standards development is outlined. The plan (Phase II) calls for (1) an intensive pilot program of accident data collection based on the methods of the CAL Automotive Crash Injury Research Project but geared especially to the vehicle handling problem, (2) a considerable amount of full-scale test work with representative vehicles - test work that is aimed at the experimental development of particular standards that are justified by the handling criteria, cost/benefit, and other considerations, (3) the development of the handling standards criteria, and qualification and compliance procedures, and the application of cost/benefit methods, and (4) the application of human factors studies to the driver skill demands for which data are needed on particular vehicle handling standards candidates. The proposed criteria for making a positive recommendation on a potential standard are based on the following considerations: (1) the need to show a relatedness to safety (at first on the basis of existing information but later, as more data become available, on a statistical basis), (2) the ability to quantify the variables in the standard and make it objective, (3) that a standard be of a performance nature rather than of a design nature, and (4) that the standard be consistent with the notion of unreasonable risk as invoked in PL89-563. Other considerations such as cost/benefit and legal and social implications will, of course, influence recommendations for standards. (Author)
A Program Plan for Developing Safe Handling Standards for Motor Vehicles. Volume I
1967
186 pages
Report
No indication
English
Road Transportation , Industrial Safety Engineering , Passenger vehicles , Handling , Standards , Safety , Performance(Human) , Performance(Engineering) , Man-machine systems , Reviews , Reaction(Psychology) , Cost effectiveness , Models(Simulations) , Vehicle accessories , State-of-the-art reviews , Design , Trailers , Flow charting , Scheduling
CARGO HANDLING PLAN DEVICE, CARGO HANDLING PLAN METHOD, AND PROGRAM
European Patent Office | 2023
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