Front Wheel Brakes: Dispelling a Myth (Video)

This program encourages motor carrier drivers to connect and use front brakes. It shows a ralley where trucks with and without front brakes were tested. The results show trucks with front brakes stopped faster and safer.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • VHS (1/2 in.) videocassette
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brakes; Highway safety; Motor carriers; Trucks; Types of brakes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01483560
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 11 2013 9:07AM