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il EleventhInternational "J TechnicalConference q -i on Experimental j SafetyVehicles .l Sponsoredby: rij U.S.Departrnent of Transportation i N ationalH ighway'lrafficSafety Adnrinistration l Held at: I Washington,D.C. Mayl2-15,1987 ?} U.5DeDortmenl of Tronsportotion NotionolHlghwoy TrofficSofety Administrotion - 1 Foreword This report of the proceedingsof the Eleventh International Technical Conferenceon Experimental SafetyVchicles was preparedby the National High- way Traffic SafetyAdministration, U.S. Department of Transportation. We wish to thank the authorsand all thoserespon- sible for the excellenceol' the material submitted, which aided materially in the preparation of this report. For clarity and becauseof sometranslation difficul- ties, a certain amount of editing was nece$sary. Apologiesare, thercfore,offered where the tratrscrip- tion is not exact. jf, .,,frr# ,,d i'l rq ;i lll Attendees Grandel,Jurgen Sievert, Wolfgang BELGIUM DEKRA Bundesanstaltfur StraBenwesen Groesch, Lothar Sorsche,Joachim H. Henssler,Herbert Daimler-Benz AG Daimler-BenzAG Commissionof the European Haberl, Josef Sporner,Alexandria Communities BMW AC HUK-Verband Marks, Horst Hoefs. Rainer Stamm. Rolf Comite desConst. D'Automobiles PorscheAG FederalMinistry of Transport du MarcheCommun Kallieris,Dimitrios Stednitz,Werner Universityof Heidelberg TechnischeUniversitat Bedin CANADA Kallina, Ingo Ulrich, Seiffert, Daimler-BenzAG Prof. VolkswagenAG Baird, Robert C. Klanner. Wilfried Zech, Gunter Technical University of Nova Scotia ADAC Adam Opel AG Campbell, Cordon D. Koch, Hubert Zobel, Robert Transport Canada Institut fur Zweiradsicherheit VolkswagenAG Dalmotas, Dainius J. Kraft, Hans-Joachim Transport Canada BMW AG Miller, Charles FRANCE Technical University of Nova Scotia Kramer. Florian TechnischeUniversitat Berlin Newman. James A. Bohers,Serge Biokinetics and Associates, Ltd. Kunert. Heinz PeugeotRD Sekurit-GlasUnion GmbH Brutel. Cilles Langwieder,Klaus PeugeotRD FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF HUK-Verband Cesari,Dominique GERMANY Lewandowski,Jurgen INRETS SuddevtscheZeitung Cheynet,Jean-Pierre Albrecht, Horst U.T.A.C. VolkswagenAG Menzel,Cuenther Anrecht.H. Volkswagen Chillon. Claude PeugeotRD VolkswagenwerkAG Merlino, Charles Bauer.Robert MERCO, Inc. Cord, Paul-Philippe SNPE of France Bayern-Chemie Mitzkus, Jurgen Brasche.Reiner TRW RepaCMbH de Beaumont.Marc RegieNationale des Usines Renault Ford Werke AG Nilsson.Karl Burchard.Klaus-Dieter Bayern Chemie Dobias,Georges Federal Ministry for the Economy INRETS Otte, Dietmar Doin, Bernard Carli, Helmut AccidentResearch Unit Hannover France Volkswagen SNPEof : Pfanzeder.Rolf Dieter Czernakowski,Wally Duchesne,Alain :r BayerischeMotoren WerkeAG Romer-Britax Davy-Bickford Richter,Bernd Danner, Maximilian Edouard,Jacques G. VolkswagenAG HUK-Verband PSA Eggelmann,Hans-Harold Roehr, Ernst-Ruediger Cauvin. Bernard Daimler-BenzAG Daimler-BenzAG Ministry of France Gommendy,Jean Pierre Ensslen,Arnold Rompe,Klaus GeneralMotors France Volkswagen TUV Rheinland Guasco,Raymond Fellerer,Jorg Schmidt,Rudiger C.L.E.P.A. BMW AG VolkswagenAG Koeyreff, Michel Friedel,Bernd Schmidt-Clausen,Hans-Joachin Autoliv Klippan SA fur StraBenwesen FC Lichttechnik.T.H. Darmstadt Bundesanstalt Phelps,John Frielingsdorf,Wolf R. Seiffert.Ulrich InternationalOrganization of Daimler-BenzAG VolkswagenAG : Motor VehicleMfrs. EXPERIMENTAL SAFETY VEHICLES Rogers,Nicholas Kodama.Yukio BPICM SubaruResearch & Design Stcherbatcheff,Georges Kondoh, Yutaka SWEDEN Renault Toyota Motor Corp. Abrahamsson,Anders Tarriere.Claude Kysaka,Keiji SaabScania Car Division PeugeotSA-Renault KawasakiHeavy Indus., Ltd. Masanori,Motoki Aldman. Bertil JapanAuto. Res.Inst. ChalmersUniversity of Technology ITALY Masanori.Uchida Bengtsson,Sven ColumbiaImport & Export Volvo Car Corp. Co., Ltd. Gero Ardoino, Pier Luigi Carlsson, Volvo Car Corp. Fiat Auto S.p.A. Matsushita,Kiyomi NissanR&D,Inc. Eklund, Olof Danese,Caetano Matasumoto,Shinichi SwedishRoad Safety Office Department of Transportation SuzukiMotor Co. Eriksson,A. Pastorino,Alessandro Motoki, Manasori Volvo Car Corp. Fiat Auto S.p.A. JapanAutomobile Res. Inst. Haland, Yngue Rossi,Franco Nagayuki,Marumo EleltroluxAutoliv Department of Transportation NissanMotor Co., Ltd. Hansson.Thomas Nakamura,Yoshio Volvo Car Corp Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Helmersson.Tore JAPAN AB Nakano, Mickey Saab-Scania YamahaMotor Co., Ltd. Kajzer, Janusz Fukuda, Yasutaka ChalmersUniversity of Technology Ministry of Transport Nishimoto. Y. Honda Motor Co. Mellander,Hugo Fukunaga,Yukio Volvo Car Corp. Ohmae.Haruo NissanMotor Company,Ltd. JapanAutomobile Res. Inst. Nilsson,Stefan Furukawa, Volvo Car Corp. Yoshimi Okuyama,Teiji Honda Nilsson,Ulf R&D Co., Ltd. Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd, Volvo Car Corp. Goto, Kenichi Onoda, Atsushi Nordgren,Curt JapanAutomobile Res.Inst. Toyota Motor Co. Assn. of SwedishAuto Mfrs. and Haruo, Ohmac Kobayashi,Saburo Wholesellers Japan Automobile Research Honda R&D, Ltd. Nordstrom,Olle Institute, Inc. Saitoh,Seiichi SwedishRoad and Traffic Research Horii, Mitsuo Isuzu Motors, Ltd. Institute JapanAutomobile Research Sakata,Masao Nygren,Ave Institute.Inc. NissanMotor Co., Ltd. FolksamR&D Hasegawa,Akira Sasaki,Shigeru Salomonsson,Ove YamahaMotor Co., Ltd. JapanAutomobile Mfrs. Assn. Volvo Car Corp. Hirakawa, Yoshio ShibuyaMukota Strandberg,Lennart Subaru Research& Design SubaruResearch & Design SwedishRoad and Traffic Research Institute Igarashi,Masaru Tadokoro, Hidetoshi Tingvall, Claes SuzukiMotor Co. JapanAutomobile Mfrs. Assn. FolksamR&D Iizuka, Haruhiko Taguchi,Mori NissanResearch Lab. YamahaMotor Co., Ltd. Iwata. Yoichi Tanaka, Yuji THE NETIIERLANDS Co., Ltd, KawasakiHeavy Indus., Ltd. YamahaMofor Yamamoto,Takenori Decoo,Peter Kamiya, Kouichi Honda R&D Co., Ltd. TNO Road-VehiclesRes. Inst. Mitibuchi Motors Corp. Janssen,Edgar Kenzo, Inagaki TNO-Roard-VehicleRes. Div. MITI, Automotive SPAIN Meekel, Gerard Kobayashi,Saburou Chicharro,Ricardo Ministry of Transportand Honda R&D Co., Ltd. I.N.T.A. Public Works . ATTENDEES Oskam,Henk i . l Harms, PeterL. Alderson,Samuel W. Volvo Car BV Transportand Road ResearchLab. Humanoid Systems rii d Paar. Hans Hill. Kenneth Allan. Sean I Ministry of Transportand MiddlesexPolytechnic ServicesAdministration General ,i PublicWorks Holmes,Keith Allen. William Reys,Bernard U.K. Departmentof Transport Volvo Cars of North America TNO-Delft Hope, Fred Ancker-Johnson,Betsy Schlosser,Leo Hope TechnicalDevelopment, Ltd. GeneralMotors Corp Ministry of Transport Jelly, Rachel Appleby, Michael Sinnige,Theo Lotus Cars, Ltd. Automobile Club of So. Calif. TNO Netherlands Jones,David V. Asbury,Jim Van de Werve, Leon U.K. Dcpartmentof Transport Radar Control SystemsCorp. Volvo Car BV Lewis, RichardW. Aston, Benjamin Van Kampen,Boudewyn Ford of Europe EuropeanCommunities Institute for Road Safetv Lowe. William Thomas ResearchSWOV Barber. Maura LeylandTrucks, Ltd. NissanR&D. Inc. Wismans,Jac Lyness,David Bartol. Aileen M. TNO Road-VehiclesRes. Inst. Department Transport U.K, of SystemsResearch Labs., Inc, Mackay, Murray Bauer,Noel University UNITED KINGDOM of Birmingham BreedAutomotive Corp. Mills, Roger Baxter,W, L. Ogle DesignLtd. Baker, Bill AutomotiveEngineer Consultant Ford Moror Qg., Ltd. McCormick, Stephen Bennett,James JaguarCars i Bowker, Alan CeneralMotors Research U.K. Departmentof Transport Morris, Julian i',{ Bergman,Robert 4 Oxford Metrics td Cart, John HouseEnergy & CommerceComm, LucasGirling, Ltd. Neilson,Ian U.K. Departmentof Transport Bischoff, Donald Coles,Robert NHTSA ,$ Societyof Motor Manufacturers Sadeghi,Majid and Traders.Ltd. Cranfield Impact Center Black, Donald Fiat Auto S.p.A. Dale. Keith Riley, Brian Boehly,William Motor lndustry ResearchAssn. Transportand Road ResearchLab. NHTSA Dennis,A.H. Peter,Alexander Norton Motors, Ltd. The Middelsex Polytechnic Bowditch,Fred Motor VehicleMfrs. Assn. Doe, Cerald Searle.John A. Lotus Cars,Ltd. Motor Industry ResearchAssn. Bowie. Noble Suthurst,Cary NHTSA Edge,Stanley J. Ford Motor Co., U.K, Bradford, Lynn Sheller-Clifford,Ltd. I Teece,Brian Institute for SafetyAnalysis Edwards.Brian JaguarCars LucasGirling, Ltd. Brewer.H. Keith j Tree, David NHTSA Foot, Douglas JaguarCars, Ltd. Brantman,Russel U.K. Departmentof Transport Watson,Peter BreedAutomotive Corp, U.K. Departmentof Transport Furness,John Breed,Allen of Mechanical "t# Institute Encineers Williams, Christopher BreedAutomotive Corp. Grew, Nicholas Ford Motor Co.. Ltd. Breed,David $:4 Austin Rover Breed Automotive Corp. Grime, Geoffrey Breed,Ria UNITEI} STATES :14 UniversityCollege London BreedAutomotive Corp. rvJ c Happian-Smith,Julian Abbe, Charles Brown.William E. ,l Transportand Road ResearchLab. Takata Corp. Ford Motor Co. Hardy, Roger Accambe. Debbie Brunner,Paul Cranfield Impact Centre Volvo Cars of North America A. B. KelleyCorp. vll l, : ,4 :1 EXPERIMENTAL SAFETY VEHICLES Burnett, James Donohue, Robert Haase, Oswald NTSB GeneralMotors Corp A.S.S.e.V. Burnley,James Donovan, JamesP. Hackney,James Dept. of Transportation Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz,et. al. NHTSA Busby, David Drexl, Klaus Haenchen.Dietmar Auto Importersof America Mercedes-Benzof North America,Inc. Volkswagenof America Hagie, Roger Bush, Ken Driggs, MichaelA. KawasakiMotors Corp., U.S.A. AmericanSuzuki Motor Corp. Office of Policy Development The White House Hale, Chet Butt, Alex American Honda SuzukiMotor Corp, U.S. Dugoff, Howard ICF, Inc. Halloran, Paul Calcagno,Roy GeneralMotors Corp. ChryslerCorp. Duncan.William JapanAuto. Mfrs. Assn. Hamilton, Michael Camp, Louis Transportation ResearchCenter i Ford Motor Co.