VEHICLE HANDLING PERFORMANCE. VOLUME 3. SUMMARY REPORT

The test procedures which were developed during the study were reviewed and extensively refined. Six basic procudures were conducted to test emergency maneuvering: Straight line braking; braking in a turn; roadholding in a turn; trapezoidal steer; sinusoidal steer; and drastic steer and brake.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper copy also available from NTIS $16.00/set of 3 reports as PB-221 147-SET.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Highway Safety Research Institute
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States 
• Authors:
  • Ervin, R D
  • GROTE, P
  • Fancher, P S
  • MacAdam, C C
  • Segel, L
• Publication Date: 1972-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 66 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Braking; Maneuverability; Maneuvering; Passenger vehicles; Safety engineering; Steering; Tires
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency maneuvers
• Old TRIS Terms: Nhsb
• Subject Areas: Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047337
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-031-1-159
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 1973 12:00AM