| Title | Background Manual on the Occupant Restraint Issue |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 25489 |
| Source | 115 p. : ill. |
| Corporate Creator | Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Communications Dept. |
| Publisher | Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Communications Department |
| Publication Date | 19780601 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | |
| Public Note | 1. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S PASSIVE RESTRAINT ORDER . . . 1 Adams Holds Passive Restraint Hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Haddon Tells Adams: `Stop the Carnage' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Adams Mandates Automatic Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Auto Makers Plan Passive Protection Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Hearings Explore Passive Restraint Record ... Allegations versus the Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 President Carter Backs Adams' Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Goldmuntz, GM Studies Analyzed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Congress Rejects Passive Restraint Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 GM Plans Automatic Belt Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Quotes from Capitol Hill . . . . . . 25 Foundation Asks Court Review of Adams' Ruling . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 DOT Rejects Protests to Restraints Ruling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 UPDATE ... Automatic Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 UPDATE ... Passive Restraint Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 II. AIR BAGS AND PASSIVE BELTS: TWO PASSIVE APPROACHES . . . . . . . . 29 Air Bags: A Statistical Sketch .. ... . ... . .. .. .. ..31 Air Bags: Two Decades of Development and Debate . . . . . . . . . . 32 The Costs of Air Bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Stop-Action Photographs .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Air Bag Reliability in High Mileage and Older Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . 43 Air Bag Performance in A Range of Weather Conditions . . . . . . . . . . 45 Air Bag Performance in Multiple Impact Crashes . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Safety of Material Used to Inflate Air Bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Bags Better than Belts, Study Finds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Passive Protection Below Air Bag Deployment Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Air Bag Suppliers Ready To Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 New Air Bag System Designed for Compact Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 1980-Model Fleet Cars: An Airbag Market? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 "An Unexpected Acceptance of Airbags," New York Times . . . . . . . . . 55 Passive Belts Lower Frequency of Injury Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 NHTSA Says Passive Systems In Rabbits Cut Front-Seat Deaths . . . . . . . . 57 The Costs Of Passive Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Automatic Crash Protection Shows Dramatic Results . . . . . . . . . . . 58 III. ENDORSEMENTS OF PASSIVE RESTRAINT MANDATE . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Letter from Washington State Senator C.W. "Red" Beck to Transportation Secretary Brock Adams concerning his multiple impact crash . . . . 63 "Driving Without Restraint," The Washington Post . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 "The Freedom to Choose Safety," The Washington Post . . . . . . . . . . 66 Air Bags Endorsed by Those in Crashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Letter from D.A. Fraser, President, International Union, United Auto Workers to Secretary of Transportation Brock Adams . . . . . . 69 Page AAA Supports Decision to Require Passive Crash Protection in Autos . . . . . . 70 Pro-Passive Coalition Forms . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . .72 Editorials "Don't Deflate the Air Bag," New York Times . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 "It Could Have Been Worse For Industry and Motorists," Detroit News . . . . . 74 "Yes, We Need Air Bags," Arizona Daily Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 List of Others ........ .. .. . . .... .. ..76 IV. MOST OF THE INJURED AREN'T VEHICLE PURCHASERS . . . . . . . . . . 77 V.PUBLIC OPINION .. .. . . ... . . .. . . .. . .. . .. 81 Gallup Poll: Public Approves of Air Bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Automatic Protection Favored by New Car Buyers . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 MVMA Poll: Air Bags `Least Objectionable' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Roper Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 VI.ACTIVE BELTS . . . . . . . . . . ..89 Belt Use Increase `Unlikely' . . . . . . . .91 Estimates of Maximum Belt Use . . . . . .91 Effects of Belt Use Laws . . . . . . . . .92 Lives Saved By Bags, Belts Not Entirely Same Lives .94 Public Acceptance: Safety Belts . . . . . .94 Safety Belt Ads Have `No Effect' . . . . . .97 The Six Safety Belt Commercials in Test Project . .99 Auto Industry Push Fails to Boost Belt Use . . . 101 Detroit Belt Use Push Not Working . . . . . 103 NHTSA Finds Low Usage of Safety Belts . . . 104 Government Survey Disputes Safety Belt Gains 105 Safety Belt Use: A Fact Sheet . . . . . . . 107 |
| Rosap ID | dot:1219 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1219 |
| TRT Terms | Occupant protection devices; Passive restraint systems; Manual safety belts; Policy, legislation and regulation |
| Classification | NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Vehicle Design; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Highway Safety; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Accidents; NTL - LAWS AND REGULATIONS - Federal Standards and Rules; NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - PLANNING AND POLICY |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| ISBN | 0932016030 |
| Report Number | DOT-HS-EPX-019 |
| Availability | NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research |
| Resource type | Manual |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/25000/25400/25489/DOT-HS-EPX-019.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |