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7 SAFETY OF HEAVY VEHICLES
7 SAFETY OF HEAVY VEHICLES
Pages 87-96
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Furthermore, DOT budget allocations in support of miles of travel by 2011. commercial trucks come from the various DOT agencies • Develop and implement technologies for better brakincluding the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra ing, rollover protection, vehicle position, and visibility tion (NHTSA) , the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis enhancement: tration (FMCSA)
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at differential speeds up to 35 mph between of highway accidents are the fatalities and injuries, there is heavy vehicles and passenger vehicles weighing also a significant cost to society associated with large truck approximately 4,000 pounds. Also, improvements and bus accidents.
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That is reason enough for major contributing factor for light vehicle driver initiated incidents. efforts by industry and government to improve heavy truck For heavy vehicle driver initiated incidents, the primary con- highway safety.
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Available at www.fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/ Accessed May 13, 2008. Fig 7-1 0.250 Fatality Rate per 100 Million Total Vehicle Miles Traveled 0.200 0.150 0.100 0.050 0.000 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Year FIGURE 7-2 Large-truck and bus fatality rate (per 100 million total vehicle miles traveled)
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DOT should develop a complete and University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute on comprehensive list of current and planned heavy-duty truck a hardware in the loop simulation study of electronic control safety projects and initiatives, and prioritize them in order of systems, and has recently awarded an electronic stability conpotential benefit in reducing heavy-duty truck-related fatali trol (ESC) driving simulator study to the National Advanced ties.
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. results validated the improvement in stopping distance using Additional studies include methods for monitoring tire disc brakes, and also showed that the disc brakes have longer pressure and the effects of replacing standard dual tires with useful life compared with drum brakes (Volvo Trucks North single tires on truck tractors.
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The Volvo FOT mentioned earlier included systems for collision warning, adaptable cruise control, and elec Finding 7-2. Programs are underway to develop and impletronically controlled braking systems.10 According to DOT, ment technologies and vehicle systems to support safety the lane departure warning systems, under FOT conditions, goals.
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of the • Lane departure systems: ~$700-$1,500 light vehicle is the one fatally injured. It appears that to make • Collision warning systems: ~$700-$5,000 depending significant safety progress, it will be necessary to reduce the on options number of accidents substantially by implementing accident avoidance technologies as well as methods for improving Continued development should bring down these costs over driver behavior.
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252,000 injuries in all types of light vehicle crashes (DOT, DOT, NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
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