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Author System, Committee for the Study of a Motor Vehicle Rollover Rating

Title Assessment of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Rating System for Rollover Resistance -- Special Report 265
Published Washington : National Academies Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (144 pages)
Contents Rating System for Rollover Resistance -- The National Academies -- Preface -- 2002 Executive Committee -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration�s Initiatives on Rollover -- NHTSA�s Star Ratings for Rollover Resistance -- Consumer Information on Motor Vehicle Safety -- Study Approach and Organization of Report -- Vehicle Dynamics -- Background -- Static Measures of Rollover Propensity -- Need for Dynamic Testing -- Dynamic Testing: Features and Challenges -- Findings and Recommendation
Statistics and Data AnalysisRollover Crash Data -- Background and Notation -- Statistical Models -- Scenario Effects -- Nonparametric Model -- Rollover Curve and Star Rating System -- Findings and Recommendations -- Consumer Information -- Practicality and Utility of NHTSA�s Rollover Resistance Ratings -- Availability and Use of NHTSA�s Rollover Resistance Ratings -- Future Approaches -- Findings and Recommendations -- Summary, Major Findings, and Recommendations for a Future Approach -- Context -- Static Stability Factor
NHTSA�s Star Ratings for Rollover ResistanceRecommendations for a Future Approach -- Appendixes -- A Congressional Request for Study -- B Committee Meetings and Other Activities -- C Supplementary Statistical Results -- D Rollover Information from NHTSA�s Website -- Study Committee Biographical Information
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Subject United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration -- Research
United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Motor vehicles -- Rollover protective structures
Motor vehicles -- Stability
Motor vehicles -- United States -- Evaluation
Motor vehicles -- Rollover protective structures.
Motor vehicles -- Stability.
Research.
United States.
Form Electronic book
Author Council, National Research
ISBN 9780309550451
0309550459