REVIEW OF VEHICLE DIMENSIONS AND PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS

A REVIEW IS PRESENTED OF DIMENSIONS AND PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF CURRENT PASSENGER CARS RELEVANT TO HIGHWAY AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, INCLUDING TRENDS FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS. INCLUDED ARE TREND STUDIES OF SUCH FACTORS AS PASSING PERFORMANCE, ACCELERATION CHARACTERISTICS, FUEL ECONOMY, HORSEPOWER, SIZE, WEIGHT, GROUND CLEARANCE, APPROACH AND DEPARTURE ANGLES, TREAD WIDTH, CENTER OF GRAVITY HEIGHT, AND DRIVER EYE HEIGHT. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/39/39-029.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 39, pp 467-478, 30 FIG, 7 REF. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • STONEX, K A
• Publication Date: 1960

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 11-15, 1960
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 39
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Automobiles; Drivers; Eye; Fuel consumption; Height; Horsepower; Passing; Reviews; Tire treads; Traffic engineering; Vehicle characteristics; Vehicle performance
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223538
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 23 1971 12:00AM