All-Wheel Drive and Winter-Weather Safety

Garder, Per E.

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All-Wheel Drive and Winter-Weather Safety

2013-03-01
By Garder, Per E.

File Language:

English

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Creators:

Garder, Per E.
Corporate Creators:

University of Maine
Subject/TRT Terms:

Accident Data All Wheel Drive Electronic Stability Control Four Wheel Drive Front Wheel Drive Highways Highway Safety Rear Wheel Drive Research Hub Safety And Human Factors Vehicle Safety Vehicles And Equipment Weather Conditions Winter
Publication/ Report Number:

UMER23-1
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

Maine ; United States
TRIS Online Accession Number:

01501345
Edition:

Final Report
Corporate Publisher:

New England University Transportation Center
Abstract:

It is frequently stated that people living in northern states, the so called Snowbelt of the United States, benefit with respect to safety from driving all-wheel or four-wheel drive vehicles as opposed to front or rear-wheel drive only. This study tries to answer whether that is true or not.
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PDF
Collection(s):

University Transportation Centers US Transportation Collection
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:a521709f1a164fd7abeae1a3ee364740088457846d7373f5b2ffb3bf952b3c5f
Download URL:

https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26619/dot_26619_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF - 23.51 KB ]

File Language:

English

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