THIS EVALUATION OF THE VEHICLE RADAR SAFETY SYSTEMS? ANTI-COLLISION DEVICE (HEREAFTER VRSS) WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE OPERATOR PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY ANALYSIS DIVISION OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER AT THE REQUEST OF THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION?S OFFICE OF CRASH-AVOIDANCE RESEARCH.
WHILE THE NHTSA OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HAS A LONGSTANDING INTEREST IN THE EVOLUTION OF ANTI-COLLISION SYSTEMS, IT MUST BE RECOGNIZED THAT THE DEVICE UNDER TEST IN THIS PROJECT RECEIVED NO GOVERNMENT FUNDING. ITS DEVELOPMENT WAS INITIATED BY THE LATE GEORGE RASHID, SR., WHO FOUNDED VEHICLE RADAR SAFETY SYSTEMS. THIS EVALUATION WAS SOUGHT BY NHTSA, WHICH NEGOTIATED ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TESTS WITH MR. GEORGE RASHID, JR., THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE FIRM. TWO COLLISION WARNING SYSTEMS WERE LOANED TO THE GOVERNMENT AND INSTALLED IN GOVERNMENT-OWNED VEHICLES BY VRSS. MR. WILLIAM D. GOODSON, CHIEF ENGINEER FOR VRSS, VISITED TSC TO INSPECT THE INSTALLATION, ASCERTAIN THAT THE UNIT TO BE TESTED WAS OPERATING PROPERLY, RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE EVALUATION PROCEDURES AND DISCUSS DESIGN OBJECTIVES.
THE MANUFACTURER HAS DEVELOPED TWO VERSIONS OF THE PRODUCT, ONE OF WHICH PROVIDES ONLY WARNINGS OF IMPENDING COLLISIONS WHILE THE OTHER ALSO APPLIES BRAKING. ONLY THE FORMER WAS EVALUATED IN THIS-PROJECT.
THE ATTACHED REPORT IS FROM THE NHTSA SPONSORED PROGRAM, "IVHS COUNTERMEASURES FOR REAR-END COLLISIONS," CONTRACT #DTNH22-93-C-07326. THE PROGRAM'S PR...
Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving a Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS)/National Transportation Library (NTL)
Web-based service.
Thank you for visiting.
You are about to access a non-government link outside of
the U.S. Department of Transportation's National
Transportation Library.
Please note: While links to Web sites outside of DOT are
offered for your convenience, when you exit DOT Web sites,
Federal privacy policy and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation
Act (accessibility requirements) no longer apply. In
addition, DOT does not attest to the accuracy, relevance,
timeliness or completeness of information provided by linked
sites. Linking to a Web site does not constitute an
endorsement by DOT of the sponsors of the site or the
products presented on the site. For more information, please
view DOT's Web site linking policy.
To get back to the page you were previously viewing, click
your Cancel button.
United States Department of Transportation
[PDF-2.62 MB]
