DRIVER AIR BAG POLICE FLEET DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM--A 15-MONTH PROGRESS REPORT

The objective of this program was to design, test, evaluate, manufacture and install in 500 state highway patrol vehicles, a driver air bag retrofit system. Air bag system benefits are universally accepted. However, the costs, complexities and availabilities of these systems are widely misunderstood. This program takes much of the "mystery" out of the air bag and demonstrates to fleet operators and to the public at large that air bag technology, components and systems do presently exist and can be acquired at a reasonable cost. The following paper provides a description of the system, the tests which were conducted, the installation procedures and field experience with the 500 car fleet.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/01487191
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Passenger Car Meeting Dearborn, Michigan, October 1-4, 1984.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • ROMEO, D J
  • Morris, J B
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 9 p.
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Building; Costs; Crash tests; Crashes; Demonstration projects; Facilities; Field tests; Installation; Police vehicles; Retrofitting; Testing
• Subject Areas: Construction; Finance; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395760
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 841216, HS-038 284
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM