TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Communication Mediums for Signal, ITS, and Freeway Surveillance Systems: Final Report DO - 10.17226/6338 PY - 1996 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/6338/communication-mediums-for-signal-its-and-freeway-surveillance-systems-final PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Shopping for Safety: Providing Customer Automotive Safety Information: Providing Consumer Automotive Safety Information -- Special Report 248 DO - 10.17226/9698 PY - 1996 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9698/shopping-for-safety-providing-customer-automotive-safety-information-providing-consumer PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB Special Report 248 - Shopping for Safety: Providing Customer Automotive Safety Information examines consumer needs for automotive safety information and the most cost-effective and meaningful methods of communicating this information.Since passage of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, which created the agency known today as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), establishment of motor vehicle safety standards has been a primary emphasis of federal policy. Numerous such standards have been introduced, including those mandating collapsible steering columns, nonlacerating windshields, safety belts, and air bags. Although the role played by these measures cannot be determined, the rate of motor vehicle fatalities has declined by 70 percent since 1966. Yet an annual toll in excess of 40,000 highway deaths suggests that more can be done in the area of vehicle safety. Mindful of the growing interest in motor vehicle safety features and the federal role in automotive safety, Congress requested a study of related consumer information needs in 1994. Consumers have increasingly been demanding and paying for more vehicle safety features, such as antilock braking systems and air bags. Consumer magazines, such as Consumer Reports, provide safety information about vehicles, and a prominent television program even features the crash test results of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The strong and growing consumer interest in safety indicates that the government could influence which vehicles and vehicle features consumers seek out to provide for their own safety.Perhaps the most common question consumers ask is which car is safest. Unfortunately, there is no good answer to this question. Many vehicle, driver, and roadside features influence crash outcomes in ways that are difficult to predict. The committee that produced this report concluded that the federal government could facilitate progress toward an overall measure of vehicle safety by investing in research and by working with experts in academia and industry. Because of the complexities involved and the current lack of adequate data on many salient variables, however, achievement of such a goal would take many years. In the nearer term, NHTSA could do much to improve the quality of existing information and convey it to consumers more clearly and efficiently. For example, the agency could give consumers a better understanding of the importance of vehicle dimensions for safety outcomes, the benefits of proper use of vehicle safety features, the frequency of crash types for which tests exist, and the uncertainties associated with crash tests themselves. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Capacity and Level of Service at Unsignalized Intersections: Final Report Volume 1 - Two-Way-Stop-Controlled Intersections DO - 10.17226/6340 PY - 1996 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/6340/capacity-and-level-of-service-at-unsignalized-intersections-final-report PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Capacity Analysis of Traffic-Actuated Intersections: Final Report DO - 10.17226/6347 PY - 1996 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/6347/capacity-analysis-of-traffic-actuated-intersections-final-report PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Capacity and Level of Service at Unsignalized Intersections: Final Report Volume 2 - All-Way-Stop-Controlled Intersections DO - 10.17226/6339 PY - 1996 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/6339/capacity-and-level-of-service-at-unsignalized-intersections-final-report PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Review of the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles: Second Report DO - 10.17226/9475 PY - 1996 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9475/review-of-the-research-program-of-the-partnership-for-a-new-generation-of-vehicles PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - KW - Engineering and Technology ER -