LASER MEASUREMENTS PUT A STOP TO "CRABBING" ON LONG VEHICLES AND VEHICLE COMBINATIONS

LASER GOER SLUT PAA "SNEDSTEGEN" FOER LAANGA FORDON OCH FORDONSTAAG

Particularly on articulated buses and long vehicle combinations, it often happens that wheels on the different axles do not run in the same track. This crabbing gives rise to a traffic safety hazard since the width of the vehicle is increased, and also increases tyre wear. A description is given of a new measuring technique using a laser which enables adjustments to be made quickly and easily. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  AGEBE AB

  P.O. Box 123V Froelunda 1
  42140 Goeteborg,   Sweden 
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 14-15
• Serial:
  • AGB-NYTT
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: AGEBE AB

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axles; Lasers; Measurement; Rutting; Tires; Tractor trailer combinations; Trucks; Wheels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Articulated vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Tracking (Wheel); Vehicle combinations
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142171
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Traffic Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1977 12:00AM