DESIGNING FOR SAFETY
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QTRONGER legislation regarding the I-) illumination of commercial vehicles and the speedy introductiOn of a plating scheme were called for by Mr. P. G. Ware, chief engineer of the Rootes GrOup, at a joint conference last week held by the British Iviedical Association, the Royal College of Surgeons and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. The conference, which was opened by the Minister of Transport, was devoted to a study of vehicle'design in relation to injury.
Dr. T. J. :Hunt of the Medical Research Council emphasized the peed for engineers and designers to seek co-opera
don from those familiar with the effects of various driving conditions upon the human body and said that safer brake and tyre design permitted poor driving technique in allowing sudden unnecessary deceleration and other stresses. Increased long-distance high-speed driving and more driving in congested urban traffic were mentioned as features which accentuated the undesirable effects of driving upon the human body. Dr. R. J. Smeed of the Road Research Laboratory referred to the need for better brake maintenance on vehicles and for research into vehiele stability, particularly in respect of articulated vehicles.