Success has been achieved in the last 17 years in increasing traffic safety. The number of people killed has dropped dramatically despite a considerable increase in the number of vehicles involved. The following deals with the passive safety requirements imposed on a passenger vehicles and with technical concepts designed to satisfy these requirements. Use can be made, for example, of belt force limiters to reduce the forces acting on the occupant during the restraint process. An important safety feature - which is often underestimated in terms of its contribution to safety - is the seat plus head restraint. The seat has a considerable influence on the effectiveness of the entire system both in the event of a head-on collision and in the case of a rear end collision. (JES)


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    Title :

    Requirement and Criteria for the Passive Safety of Automobiles


    Contributors:
    R. Weissner (author)

    Publication date :

    1988


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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