TRANSPORT CANADA'S POLICY ON OCCUPANT RESTRAINTS

The basic principles underlying Transport Canada's policy on occupant restraints are stated and their implications discussed. The functions of the occupant restraint system are reviewed and the performance of these functions by three types of automatic restraint is then compared with that of the conventional 3-point seat belt system. Several respects in which the automatic restraints are expected to be less effective than the 3-point belt are identified. However, it is concluded that continued installation of automatic restraint systems meeting prescribed standards is justified pending the development of more effective means of regulating the performance of occupant restraint systems in general.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • "The Human Collision," International Symposium on Occupant Restraint, June 1-3, 1981, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

  P.O. Box 222
  Morton Grove, IL  United States  60053
• Authors:
  • Campbell, G D
  • WELBOURNE, E R
• Conference:
  • "The Human Collision," International Symposium on Occupant Restraint, June 1-3, 1981, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 135-149

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Manual safety belts; Restraint systems; Safety equipment; Standards
• Old TRIS Terms: Automatic safety equipment; Occupant restraint
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00348768
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding, HS-032 371, HS-032 373
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 28 1982 12:00AM