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Evaluation Of The Vehicle Radar Safety Systems Rashid Radar Safety Brake Collision Warning System, Final Report

  • 1988-02-01

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  • Publication/ Report Number:
    DOT-TSC-HS-802-PM-88-2
  • Resource Type:
    Tech Report
  • Corporate Publisher:
    United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Abstract:
    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.

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