Auto-truck Crash Safety
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee for Consumers |
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Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Automobiles |
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Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee for Consumers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Automobiles |
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Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee for Consumers |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Automobiles |
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Author | : United States. National Transportation Safety Board |
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Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Automobiles |
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Between 1999 and 2000, the National Transportation Safety Board investigated nine rear-end collisions in which 20 people died and 181 were injured. Common to all nine accidents was the rear following vehicle driver's degraded perception of traffic conditions ahead. As the Safety Board reported in 1995 and further discussed at its 1999 public hearing, existing technology in the form of intelligent Transportation Systems can prevent rear-end collisions. In the nine accidents investigated by the Board, one (and sometimes more) of the available technologies would have helped alert drivers to the vehicles ahead, so that they could slow their vehicles, and would have prevented or mitigated the circumstances of the collisions. The major issue addressed in this Safety Board special investigation report is the prevention of rear-end collisions through the use of Intelligent transportation systems. This report also discusses some of the challenges, including implementation, consumer acceptance, public perception, and training, associated with the deployment of vehicle-and infrastructure-based collision warning systems. As a result of its investigation, the Safety Board issues recommendations to the U.S. Department of Transportation; the Federal Highway Administration; the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; truck, motorcoach, and automobile manufacturers; the Intelligent Transportation Society of America; the American Trucking Associations, Inc.; the Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association; and the National Private Truck Council.
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security |
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Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Fatigue |
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Author | : United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
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Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Corporation reports |
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Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
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Total Pages | : 46 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Truck accidents |
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Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies |
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Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Drunk driving |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
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Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
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Author | : Kenneth Whyte |
Publisher | : Knopf |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2021-06-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0525521674 |
"Vigorous, provocative... The Sack of Detroit is compelling, bold and stylishly written." —Barbara Spindel, The Wall Street Journal A provocative, revelatory history of the epic rise—and unnecessary fall—of the U.S. automotive industry, uncovering the vivid story of innovation, politics, and business that led to a sudden, seismic shift in American priorities that is still felt today, from the acclaimed author of Hoover In the 1950s, America enjoyed massive growth and affluence, and no companies contributed more to its success than automakers. They were the biggest and best businesses in the world, their leadership revered, their methods imitated, and their brands synonymous with the nation's aspirations. But by the end of the 1960s, Detroit's profits had evaporated and its famed executives had become symbols of greed, arrogance, and incompetence. And no company suffered this reversal more than General Motors, which found itself the main target of a Senate hearing on auto safety that publicly humiliated its leadership and shattered its reputation. In The Sack of Detroit, Kenneth Whyte recounts the epic rise and unnecessary fall of America's most important industry. At the center of his absorbing narrative are the titans of the automotive world but also the crusaders of safety, including Ralph Nader and a group of senators including Bobby Kennedy. Their collision left Detroit in a ditch, launched a new era of consumer advocacy and government regulation, and contributed significantly to the decline of American enterprise. This is a vivid story of politics, business, and a sudden, seismic shift in American priorities that is still felt today.