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This is an interim report, summarizing the nine crash tests conducted to date on mailbox brackets. Each test was conducted and evaluated in accordance with nationally recognized guidelines as contained in NCHRP Report 230. In each test a car weighing approximately 1,800 lb. impacted the test article at approximately 60 mph. Initial impact point of the test article on the vehicle was approximately 15 inches to the left or right of the centerline of the vehicle on the front bumper. A 50th percentile anthropometric dummy, weighing approximately 160 lb., was placed in the driver's position and restrained with lap and shoulder belts.
Researchers conducted a total of eleven full-scale crash tests. Each test was conducted and evaluated in accordance with nationally recognized guideli...
Researchers conducted a total of eleven full-scale crash tests. Each test was conducted and evaluated in accordance with nationally recognized guideli...
Federal requirements have made it mandatory that safe mailbox support systems be designed to yield or breakaway when impacted by a vehicle. The Nebras...
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