IF YOU GO IN, YOU CAN GET OUT... IF YOU KNOW HOW

RESCUES FROM ACCIDENTALLY SUBMERGED VEHICLES AND LIFE SAVING STEPS THAT OCCUPANTS CAN THEMSELVES TAKE ARE DESCRIBED. THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING SEAT BELTS FASTENED IN THIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT IS STRESSED. A CURRENT AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN PROBLEM INVOLVES THE INABILITY TO MANUALLY OPERATE ELECTRIC WINDOWS WHICH MAY BE SHORT CIRCUITED BY FLOODING. IN CONTRAST TO THE 200-300 ANNUAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DROWNINGS IN THE THE U.S.A., HOLLAND HAS FROM 1,000 TO 2,000 DUNKINGS EACH YEAR. A SPECIALLY BUILT SIMULATED AUTOMOBILE IN USED TO DEMONSTRATE ESCAPE TECHNIQUES FOR A PUBLIC TRAINING COURSE. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 28, No 2, PP 20-22
• Corporate Authors:

  Family Safety

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• Publication Date: 1969

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Floods; Manual safety belts; Simulation; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Submerging
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221029
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 3 1970 12:00AM