Motor Vehicle Safety

Motor Vehicle Safety
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1986
Genre: Motor vehicles
ISBN:

Reports for 1975- include activities under the National traffic and motor vehicle safety act of 1966 and the Motor vehicle information and cost savings act of 1972.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Rating System for Rollover Resistance

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Rating System for Rollover Resistance
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for the Study of a Motor Vehicle Rollover Rating System
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2002
Genre: Motor vehicles
ISBN: 0309072492

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.