Show i p. p 0 I I I Car Safety Emphasis In recent years there has been increased emphasis on auto safety in terms of equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment directed toward both the protection of the occupants occupants occupants pants riding in an automobile and the reduction of costly casualty losses due to acci acci- dents The current auto crusade crusade crusade cru cru- sade can of course be attributed attributed attributed attrib attrib- in large measure to the book Unsafe At Any Speed by Ralph Nader HIS CAMPAIGN has been responsible either directly or indirectly for 28 mandatory safety-equipment safety items presently presently presently pres pres- being installed during assembly There has been time already al already already al- al ready to prove that safety equipment can save lives and reduce bodily injury as well as cut back casualty costs HENCE while the consumer ultimately pays for the increased in increased increased in- in creased costs of this equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment the savings in total casualty losses could eventually eventually eventually ally check the spiraling inflation inflation inflation tion of insurance costs While the furor over auto safety is not a big plus factor m in terms of profits as far as auto pr producers are concerned it does have definitely favorable favorable favorable favor favor- able implication for certain auto equipment producers ONE AREA of safety that has been stressed and is still under careful scrutiny concerns concerns concerns con con- cerns braking systems skid Anti-skid devices developed by Kelsey-Hayes Kelsey are arc now available as optional equipment equipment equipment equip- equip ment while Bendix Corp has adaptive braking systems for heavy-duty heavy trucks utilizing a special purpose computer A RECENT requirement has been the master dual-master cylinder and the option of front brakes employing a disc-brake disc tem Research is now being carried on toward development development development develop develop- ment of an automatic braking braking braking brak brak- ing complex which can be operated by either an electronic electronic electronic elec elec- sensor or even a mini mini- computer Warner Borg-Warner has hasan hasan hasan an skid air-skid control system using an electronic sensor- sensor logic electronic-logic module which is activated electrically for trucks and tractor trailers Because of the sharp in increase increase increase in- in crease in the number of registered registered registered regis regis- cars and trucks these devices have sizeable markets markets markets mar mar- in both the original equipment and the replacement replacement replace replace- replacement ment parts fields IN THE TIlE LINE of safety from collision impact Eaton Yale Towne has developed the auto which is an auto crash restraint arrange arrange- ment It is in the form of a protective protective protective pro pro- device commonly referred referred referred re re- re- re to as the air bag which inflates instantaneously upon impact to cushion the driver from the steering wheel dashboard and windshield wind- wind shield ALMOST all immediately immediate y the collision the air a ba bag g de Oates so that the driver not be w pinned behind wheel The federal federal t through the e government t Department o Transportation ion has place orders for the of an automobile which be safe for the even when crashed into concrete wall at 50 mph a a AT THE TIlE 1 same time n th car eventually produced m mt l also be E capable of oj r roll over at 70 mph with the S passenger compartment remaining reo re- r maming intact It is from m ti 55 the testing involved in such in in stances that design charu change chang s will sooner or later be fo fog J In the past federal state authorities have s seen vast sums on From now on the hithe neglected factor of sa safe will come into play v I f ALTHOUGH some of th aforementioned safety we inv produced by auto ace ace sory firms appear to h hay havi v excellent potential it must r kept in m mind that the ou out standing auto companies p pro ably have the ability to m man facture most of these ite themselves j i t. t Nevertheless because of th increasing outcry for sa equipment and the un unwilling ness of some states to w wany wa any longer for at least mi mum requirements the search Department of B Ba Bason's sons son's Reports expects t firms herein mentioned to tan tai advantage of their advance technology to participate r the boom for safety now der way J |