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Legislation laying down a legal limit for blood alcohol concentration was introduced in New South Wales in 1968, but has had a disappointing effect on drink-driving behaviour....

A dynamic test for seat-belt assemblies is soon to be a mandatory requirement for new cars sold in Australia. As an aid to the development of suitable test requirements, a...

In New South Wales, the wearing of seat belts was compelled by a new regulation (Regulation 110F) under the Motor Traffic Act, 1909, in the following terms: "No person shall,...

The dynamic performance of devices that are intended to protect baby occupants of crashing automobiles is examined from an engineering point of view. Dynamic collision...

This report describes a program of simulated car crashes and examinations designed to evaluate the child restraints currently available in Australia. Each restraint was...

From time-to-time, questions arise regarding the role played in traffic crashes by caravans towed by cars or car-derived vehicles (station wagons, utilities, panel vans). It has...

In March 1973, 18 months after seat belt use became mandatory in NSW, 1251 people were interviewed in Sydney on their seat belt usage and attitudes. This survey was a repeat of...

The New South Wales Government has provided heavy sponsorship through the Traffic Accident Research Unit of the Department of Motor Transport of two drink-driving campaigns. The...

The investigations detailed in this report represent a systematic attempt to study the interactive effects of single therapeutic doses of drugs and social doses of alcohol on...

The crash performance of emergency locking retractor (inertia reel) seat belts is examined by in-depth field investigations and by laboratory simulations. It is found that the...