MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION. STATE-OF-THE-ART

SINCE THE LATE 1920S, PERIODIC MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION (PMVI) HAS BEEN PERFORMED IN VARIOUS STATES OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS ACTION BY THE STATES WAS BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT A VEHICLE WITH NO DEFECTS OR MALFUNCTIONING PARTS IS A SAFER VEHICLE THAN ONE WITH DEFECTS AND, HENCE, WILL BE INVOLVED IN FEWER ACCIDENTS. ON THE FACE OF IT, THIS APPEARS TO BE A PERFECTLY LOGICAL ASSUMPTION; CRITICS OF PMVI HAVE CONTINUALLY CHARGED OVER THE YEARS THAT THERE IS NO ESTABLISHED ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE SAFETY CONDITION OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND ACCIDENT OR DEATH RATES. IN THE THREE SECTIONS WHICH FOLLOW, THIS PAPER CONSIDERS, IN TURN, (1) PAST APPROACHES TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION; (2) CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND PRACTICES REFLECTING WHERE WE ARE TODAY; AND, FINALLY (3) AN OVERVIEW OF NEW DIRECTIONS IN MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION WITH REFERENCE TO THE RESEARCH PLANS OF THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY BUREAU. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 382-406, 1 FIG, 1 TAB, 16 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Intl Auto Sfty Conf Compendium

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• Authors:
  • Brenner, R
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Correlation analysis; Crash causes; Crash rates; Defects; Inspection; Motor vehicles; Research; State of the art studies; Vehicle safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221055
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1970 12:00AM