Assessment of the national highway traffic safety administration's rating system for rollover resistance / Committee for the Study of a Motor Vehicle Rollover Rating System.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council, Committee for the Study of a Motor Vehicle Rollover Rating System, Corporate Author.

Series:

Special report ; 265

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motor vehicles--United States--Evaluation.

Motor vehicles.

Motor vehicles--Rollover protective structures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explains that the static stability factor is an indicator of a vehicle's propensity to roll over, and that US government ratings for vehicles do not reflect differences in rollover resistance. This report states that the 5-star system should allow discrimination among vehicles and incorporate results from road tests that measure vehicle control.

Contents:

""Rating System for Rollover Resistance""; ""The National Academies""; ""Preface""; ""2002 Executive Committee""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Introduction""; ""National Highway Traffic Safety Administration�s Initiatives on Rollover""; ""NHTSA�s Star Ratings for Rollover Resistance""; ""Consumer Information on Motor Vehicle Safety""; ""Study Approach and Organization of Report""; ""Vehicle Dynamics""; ""Background""; ""Static Measures of Rollover Propensity""; ""Need for Dynamic Testing""; ""Dynamic Testing: Features and Challenges""; ""Findings and Recommendation""

""Statistics and Data Analysis""""Rollover Crash Data""; ""Background and Notation""; ""Statistical Models""; ""Scenario Effects""; ""Nonparametric Model""; ""Rollover Curve and Star Rating System""; ""Findings and Recommendations""; ""Consumer Information""; ""Practicality and Utility of NHTSA�s Rollover Resistance Ratings""; ""Availability and Use of NHTSA�s Rollover Resistance Ratings""; ""Future Approaches""; ""Findings and Recommendations""; ""Summary, Major Findings, and Recommendations for a Future Approach""; ""Context""; ""Static Stability Factor""

""NHTSA�s Star Ratings for Rollover Resistance""""Recommendations for a Future Approach""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Congressional Request for Study""; ""B Committee Meetings and Other Activities""; ""C Supplementary Statistical Results""; ""D Rollover Information from NHTSA�s Website""; ""Study Committee Biographical Information""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-156).

ISBN:

0-309-55045-9

OCLC:

923274350