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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1974)
WE MAKE CUSTOM T-SHIRTS AND JERSEYS PRINTED TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS loupots NORTHGATE, ACROSS FROM POST OFFICE THE BATTALION Page 5 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1974 WfcUNfcoUAY, UtUtMotH 1 1 , iy/4 111 report stresses seatbelt need Some gruesome facts have come to light for owners of compact cars who drive without seatbelts. Drs. R. L. Ivey and R. B. Goss of the Texas Transportation Institute here developed a method for pre dicting the probability of injury in six autos including three compacts and three large autos. It employs empirical and statistical evidence. The report states that highway planners have problems if they are to continue reducing the number of auto deaths and injuries if the number of small cars keep increas ing. “THE ANALYSIS applied only to longitudinal barriers like bridge rails, median barriers and guar drails,” Ivey said. “However, it is considered valid in other situations, such as collisions with other vehi cles and collisions with crash cush ions. It should be applicable to any situation where the acceleration on the passenger compartment can be predicted. “Planners must act on the basis of the data we have now,” he said. “We cannot wait for the statistical and verification of modifying factors if the immediate needs of the plan ning process are to be met. “The relatively small passenger space of the small vehicle shortens the distance between passengers and surfaces which can cause in juries,” Ivey pointed out. “From this perspective we would assume that small vehicles offer less favora ble passenger environments. Addi tionally, we would expect smaller vehicles to be less safe from the standpoint of objects piercing the cockpit because of the more fragile nature of their structure. ” “EXTENSIVE TESTING of the vehicle has shown that some sub compacts with their higher center of gravity are less stable and more apt to roll in emergency conditions than BONELESS CHUCK U.S.D.A CHOICE BEEF LB. SPECIALS GOOD WED.. 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These figures show that even if vehicle compartments were equally protective of their passengers, it would be more hazardous to hit lon gitudinal barriers in a subcompact than in a standard size vehicle. WHILE TESTS SHOWED crit ical injuries can occur at almost any acceleration, the chances of serious injury were twice as great in a sub compact. Also at any speed at any angle of collision the chances of in jury of some sort were twice as great. “The actual vulnerability of small cars is not fully appreciated, Ivey said. “It is surprising when the probability of injury of small vehicle occupants in barrier collisions ex ceeds that of standard occupants by two to one. Action will be required so that our death and injury rates will not soar in response to the influx of subcompact vehicles.” “SEAT BELT USE LAWS are the most promising counter meas ure to this trend,” he said. “Tests show that the use of seat belts would decrease the probability of injury in harrier collisions by over 50 per cent. , "The results obtained from the analytical exercises are not unex pected, Ivey noted. “Reasonable individuals who consider the prob lem at any length will probably con clude that it is less sage to run into any obstacle in one of ‘those little cars’ than it is in a good old Chevy, Ford, Plymouth, or Rolls.” Eclipse to occur F riday A pair of celestial events occur this week, for persons who will go to a hit of effort to see- them. A partial eclipse of the sun and major meteor shower will take place Friday and Saturday. The sun will he partially obscured by the moon starting at 8:05 a.m. Friday. Members of the Central Texas Astronomical Society also call attention to a major meteor shower expected to produce large numbers of “falling stars' early Saturday. Seen over most of the U. S. and Central America, the eclipse will blot out about 30 per cent of the sun here. The moon will take its biggest “bite” out of the solar disk at 9:08 a.m. The show ends at 10:20 a.m. Farther north, the fourth eclipse of the year will cover up to 70 per cent of the sun. CTAS members, including TAMU students and area amateur astronomers, say there will be no noticeable change in daylight il lumination to the naked eye. Several ways of viewing the ec lipse are available. It can be pro jected through a binocular tube onto white paper, reflected off a small mirror onto a shaded wall, cast by pinhole onto a wall or observed directly, with care, through sand wiched pieces of intensely exposed photographic film. Observers should he careful not to look directly at the sun through cameras or optical equipment. One of 10 big meteor showers seen annually, the Geminid shower will produce the most meteors bet ween midnight and start of morning twilight Saturday. They will be visi ble in fewer numbers in the night sky a day before and after Dec. 14. HAPPY COTTAGE m^p*»y cottage; % *0 809 E. 29th., Bryan —where Santa f) ! OS % left so many unusual gifts. 3 blocks from City National Bank A