NEAR - TERM EXPERIMENTAL MOTORCYCLE PROGRAM

For the first time, motorcycles will be designed, fabricated, and tested with safety as the primary requirement. The principle objectives of this far-reaching program are: (1) demonstrate the feasibility and performance of new safety features as forerunners to regulations requiring similar safety performance for mass-production vehicles sold to the public; (2) utilize a systems engineering approach to design safety into a vehicle as a whole rather than as piecemeal "add-ons"; (3) stimulate the development of new technology in vehicle safety, and (4) promote international cooperation in developing and sharing the new technology on a continuing basis as rapidly as it develops to reflect worldwide safety needs and research experience. The overall goal is to design and fabricate complete vehicles that meet or exceed a number of specified performance requirements. This paper describes the initial effort toward specification of these performance requirements. /Author/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Automotive Safety, July 16-18, 1973.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Motor Vehicle Safety Advisory Council

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Bischoff, D C
• Publication Date: 1973-7

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Innovation; Motorcycles; Performance; Safety; Safety equipment
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safety features
• Old TRIS Terms: Design information; Future concepts
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00095942
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper #73042 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1975 12:00AM