ITTE Research Highlights

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:

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

• 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.