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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1974
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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
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full-sized autos, he continued.
“Maneuverability is a small car
advantage but this quickness of
steering may lead to spinouts in
which automobiles may roll,” Ivey
added.
TTI conducted a series of guar
drail, bridge rail and median barrier
collisions. To simplify computation,
researchers set composite dimen
sions and weights for a subcompact
representing the Gremlin, the Vega
and the Pinto. In addition, compo
site values were determined for a
standard size V-8, four-door sedan
representing the Chevrolet Impala,
the Ford Galaxie and the Plymouth
Fury.
In the test they hit the rails at
angles from 5 to 20 degrees at
speeds from 40 to 80 mph. The bar
riers were rigid, semi-rigid and flex
ible.
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.
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