ITTE Research Highlights

During 40 mile per hour side collision test, child dummy is kept in back seat of car by restraining harness.

The variety and number of projects undertaken are so numerous that to name them all would take its own book, but here are a few examples:

• Study of on-ramp and off-ramp length
• Study of alcohol level and driving performance
• Automobile door latch research
• Automotive restraint analysis, tests of adult harness and child safety belts
• Tested automobile headrests as a protection against whiplash
• Development of full-scale wide-view driving simulator
• Analysis of the reliability of accident information obtained from off-scene Sources
• Study of interface between transportation and land use planning in urban areas
• Study of automatic computers for traffic control
• Examine distance judgment of colored objects
• Effectiveness of traffic safety films in driver education
• Prepare engineering analysis of cargo handling
• Pursue design of the electric automobile
• Examine ecology of air transport
• Analyze transportation planning for the development and management of National Forests
• Study of asphalt paving and the rate of driver fatigue
• Determine safe standard length and degree of slope for aircraft runways

Stationary 1965 school bus is rear-ended by 1960 Plymouth traveling 60 miles per hour. ITTE engineers recommend that bus bumpers be lowered to prevent "Underriding" of passenger car during rear-end collision, as shown.