DESIGN OF VEHICLES AND EFFECTS OF CHANGES

The primary requirement for the commerical vehicle is to move freight. To be successful the commercial vehicle manufacturer must offer an efficient means of transport. Its cost of operation must be competitive and is dependent on such factors as purchase price, fuel consumption, performance, scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance, reliability, safety and life expectancy. In providing transport the vehicle operator is meeting an essential public need and the vehicle designer and the legislator must balance the operator's requirements against the effect on the public environment. /HSRI/

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/03066452
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at conference: Coping with Heavy Vehicles Symposum, April 1-2, 1974, Egham, Surrey, England.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Highway Engineers

  27 Earl Street
  Maidstone, Kent ME14 1PE,   England 

  Whitehall Technical Press Limited

  Wrotham Place
  Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent ME14 1PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Dunn, M R
• Publication Date: 1974-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 10 p.
• Serial:
  • Highway Engineer
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Whitehall Press Limited
  • ISSN: 0306-6452

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Axle load force; Commercial vehicles; Crash rates; Freight transportation; Fuel consumption; Laws; Motor vehicles; Operating costs; Trucks; Trucks by weight; Vehicle characteristics; Vehicle design; Vehicle maintenance; Vehicle performance; Weight
• Uncontrolled Terms: Articulated vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Truck laws & regulations
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Freight Transportation; Highways; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00081846
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1975 12:00AM