Investigation of driver reactions to tread separation scenarios in the National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS).

Decreasing vehicle understeer was strongly associated with the likelihood of control loss following both the unexpected and expected tire failures. Knowledge of the imminent tread separation reduced the overall probability of control loss from 55% to 20% and had a significant effect on how quickly drivers responded as well as on the nature of their initial responses (i.e., steering orbraking). Driver age was marginally associated with increased likelihood of vehicle control loss, but only on unexpected trials. Vehicle speed at the time of first steering input also contributed to the probability of control loss. Neither the location of the tire that failed (left rear vs. right rear) nor the specific instructions about how best to respond to the tread separation influenced the probability of control loss. Differences associated with vehicle understeer conditions observed in the present study were large and consistent, independent of driver expectations and across driver age groups. It is thus fair to conclude that in the event of a complete rear-tire detread, the increased difficulty in vehicle handling and the associated increased likelihood of loss of vehicle control with decreasing vehicle understeer generalize to real-world driving.

Feasibility study of trailer techniques for tire traction. Volume 2. Technical. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Feasibility study of trailer techniques for tire traction. Volume 1. Summary. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Manual for the construction and maintenance of skid surfaces corresponding to those prepared by Texas Transportation Institute under National Bureau of Standards contract CST-451. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Tire break-in procedures for handling tests. Summary report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Improvement of mathematical models for simulation of vehicle handling. Volume 2: programmers' guide for the five degree of freedom models. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Improvement of mathematical models for vehicle handling. Volume 3: technical manual for the five-degree-of-freedom models. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Improvement of mathematical models for vehicle handling. Volume 4: users'guide for the general simulation. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Improvement of mathematical models for simulation of vehicle handling. Volume 5: programmers' guide for the vehicle model. Part I: documentation through subroutine IOUT. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Improvement of mathematical models for simulation of vehicle handling. Volume 5: programmers' guide for the vehicle model. Part 2: documentation for subroutines PRTDIC through KNMTC. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Improvement of mathematical models for simulation of vehicle handling. Volume 5: programmers' guide for the vehicle model. Part 3: documentation for subroutines SLPCLC through OUTPUT and a double precision listing. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Pressure effects on worn passenger car tire carcasses. Final report.

Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, Mass.

Passenger vehicle tire inspection equipment service manual, operation and maintenance. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Application study of ultrasonic nondestructive inspection for tire compliance testing. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Survey of suspension systems on vehicles towing travel trailers II. Volume 15. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.