Small Car Safety Technology

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Small Car Safety Technology written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Small Car Safety in the 1980's written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seven papers contained in this report describe various aspects of the small car safety problem and suggest some solutions. The small car safety problem is illustrated by the fatality projection chart on the report cover. This chart shows that large increases in deaths of subcompact car occupants may be expected if current trends continue. The first three papers in this report deal with trends in small car design, market penetration, and safety. The last four papers deal with solutions available to mitigate the small car safety problem. These solutions include actions the consumer can take to improve the safety of small car operation. They also include actions the Government has taken to develop and test vehicles with higher levels of safety and to develop information about automobile safety for the consumer. Although research conducted to date indicates that improved crash performance of small cars is easily possible and that a large variation exists in the crash test results of different small cars on the market, no solution is offered to individual consumers who desire higher levels of safety in their cars. Suggested actions to improve small car safety include (1) more perfect safety standards which insure that the worst cars perform as well as the best ones; (2) improved consumer information to allow consumers to select the level of safety they desire, and (3) continued research in safety improvements to determine the safety features which are most effective and to advise the consumer and the Government on the levels of safety which are feasible through advanced technology. (Author).

Author : Michael R. Lemov
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1611477468
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Car Safety Wars written by Michael R. Lemov and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Car Safety Wars is a gripping history of the hundred-year struggle to improve the safety of American automobiles and save lives on the highways. Described as the “equivalent of war” by the Supreme Court, the battle involved the automobile industry, unsung and long-forgotten safety heroes, at least six US Presidents, a reluctant Congress, new auto technologies, and, most of all, the mindset of the American public: would they demand and be willing to pay for safer cars? The “Car Safety Wars” were at first won by consumers and safety advocates. The major victory was the enactment in 1966 of a ground breaking federal safety law. The safety act was pushed through Congress over the bitter objections of car manufacturers by a major scandal involving General Motors, its private detectives, Ralph Nader, and a gutty cigar-chomping old politician. The act is a success story for government safety regulation. It has cut highway death and injury rates by over seventy percent in the years since its enactment, saving more than two million lives and billions of taxpayer dollars. But the car safety wars have never ended. GM has recently been charged with covering up deadly defects resulting in multiple ignition switch shut offs. Toyota has been fined for not reporting fatal unintended acceleration in many models. Honda and other companies have—for years—sold cars incorporating defective air bags. These current events, suggesting a failure of safety regulation, may serve to warn us that safety laws and agencies created with good intentions can be corrupted and strangled over time. This book suggests ways to avoid this result, but shows that safer cars and highways are a hard road to travel. We are only part of the way home.

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Small Car Safety in the 1980's written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ralph Nader
Publisher : New York : Grossman
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Unsafe at Any Speed written by Ralph Nader and published by New York : Grossman. This book was released on 1965 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of how and why cars kill, and why the automobile manufacturers have failed to make cars safe.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Small Car Safety written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Minicars Research Safety Vehicle Program, Phase III: Technical final report written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Small Car Safety: an Issue that Needs Further Evaluation written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Arthur W. Hoffmann
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9781440135576
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Don't Be a Dummy written by Arthur W. Hoffmann and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dont be a Dummy is a primer on automotive safety. It is Auto Safety 101. What every driver or passenger should know because it May Save Your Life; or a loved one. The author uses personal experience and crash dummies to explain the consequences of not following the laws of Physics and not utilizing the safety features that are available to both drivers and passengers of automotive vehicles. The focus of this book is driver-responsibility and the need to educate the public about common hazards and vehicle misuse. Large car versus small car data analysis warns about vehicle incompatibility and the need for purchasers to consider the serious consequences of selecting a vehicle to buy based only on fuel economy and low cost. Federal safety standards are discussed and what the Five (5) Star Rating System really means. The quest for fuel economy may risk your familys life or result in serious injury! Fuel economy may be false economy! The size and weight of your vehicle can mean life or death or serious injury! Protect loved ones and save the children. Always use the proper child restraint! Speed, Alcohol and Drugs are killers. Dont be a Dummy!

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Environment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Automotive Technologies for Fuel Economy written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Environment and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: