HEADLAMP SURVEY PROGRAM. FINAL REPORT

SEALED-BEAM HEADLAMPS ON THE MARKET AS REPLACEMENT UNITS WERE INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY COMPLIED WITH FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS. THE REQUIREMENT OF THE STANDARD COVERS THREE CATEGORIES, PHOTOMETRIC PERFORMANCE, VISUAL AIM CHARACTERISTICS, AND ELECTRICAL POWER CONSUMPTION. TESTS WERE MADE ON 165 HEADLAMPS BOUGHT ON THE OPEN MARKET. RESULTS INDICATE THAT 20% COMPLY WITH THE SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS BUT 80% FAIL IN ONE OR MORE CATEGORIES. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  College of Engineering
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720
• Authors:
  • FINCH, D M
  • DUNLOP, D R
  • Collins, D M
• Publication Date: 1969-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electricity; Headlamps; Photometry; Safety; Standards
• Old TRIS Terms: Sealed beam; Visual aim
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221122
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Report/Paper Numbers: 104 pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 2 1970 12:00AM