DEVELOPMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE HANDLING PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

THE DISCUSSION PRESENTED IN THIS PAPER ADDRESSES THE DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH DEFINING SAFE MOTOR VEHICLE HANDLING PERFORMANCE. SPECIFIC PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER, AND THE ENVIRONMENT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES PERFORMED AND ANTICIPATED BY THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION ARE EVALUATED IN TERMS OF A MORE FUNDAMENTAL APPROACH TO A GENERAL FORMULATION OF THE VEHICLE HANDLING PROBLEM. THE AIM OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS IS TO IDENTIFY THOSE VEHICLES THAT BECOME OVERINVOLVED IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS AND, TOGETHER WITH OTHER EVALUATION CRITERIA ON VEHICLE HANDLING, WILL CLEARLY INDICATE WHETHER THESE VEHICLES EXHIBIT PERFORMANCE BOUNDARIES WHICH ARE BEYOND THE CAPABILITIES OF THE TYPICAL DRIVER. /NHTSA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • REP NO : SAE 730490
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • LIMPERT, R
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 6 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Drivers; Handling characteristics; Personnel performance; Stability (Mechanics); Standards
• Uncontrolled Terms: Handling
• Old TRIS Terms: Direction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226716
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 17 1973 12:00AM