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Vehicle regulations

The Dutch government makes requirements of motor vehicles in the interest of road safety. In this it has to adhere to the relevant European Union directives. However, these international directives are compromises between many parties and are not so much aimed at improving road safety, but at removing trade barriers. From a road safety point of view therefore, these vehicle requirements should be seen as minimum requirements. However, vehicle manufacturers make their vehicles better and safer than the law demands. This is partly an achievement of the EuroNCAP crash test programme. Although EuroNCAP especially aims at serving the customer, it also ensures that vehicle manufacturers want to achieve an as good as possible test result. At this moment in time there are no objective test methods for the vehicle dynamics characteristics of cars (road holding ability) that are important for preventing crashes. Such an objective method is necessary, especially because nowadays there are technical developments in that field such as electronic braking systems (EBS) and electronic stability control (ESC). (A) This fact sheet may be accessed by Internet users at: http://www.swov.nl/rapport/Factsheets/FS_Vehicle_regulations.pdf. (The title of the Dutch version of this fact sheet is: 'Voertuigregelgeving').

  • Publication Date: 2005

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Pagination: 4p
  • Serial:
    • FACT SHEET
    • Publisher: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01026953
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Jul 5 2006 12:15PM