ROAD TESTS AND EVALUATION TO DETERMINE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENT PREVENTION SONIC DEVICE TO IMPROVE SAFETY OF MOTOCYCLISTS AND SCHOOL BUS OCCUPANTS

IN 1985, 4570 MOTRCYCLISTS AND 24 SCHOOL BUS OCCUPANTS WERE KILLED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. THE TOTAL SOCIETAL COST OF VEHICLE ACCIDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES IS ABOUT 30 BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR. REDUCING THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS BY10% WILL RESULT IN THE NATIONAL WEALTH BY 3 BILLION DOLLARS THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DETERMINE EFFECTIVENESS OF RECENTLY DEVELOPED AND BUITL PROTOTYPES OF THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC ACCIDNET PREVENTION DEVICE IN IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF MOTORCYCLISTS AND SCHOOL BUS OCCUPANTS, THROUGH TESTS IN HIGHWAYS AND STREETS. ADVANTGES OF THIS EXISTING PATENTED DEVICES ARE; (1) IT CAN OPERATE ACTIVELY AND PASSIVELY BOTH MODE THE RECEIVER SENSES VEHICLE ENGINE SOUND, AND (2) IT IS INEXPENSIVE. WE WILL INSTALL THIS DEVICE ON MOTORCYCLE AND AUTOMOBILES AND TEST THEM IN PHASE I. IN THE FIRST STAGE OF TESTS, EVALUATION OF THIS DEVICE ON MOTORCYCLES WILL BE MADE. IN THE SECOND STAGE OF TESTS, EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS DEVICE IN ASSISTING THE AUTOMOBILE DREVER FOR DETEC-TING THE MOTORCYCLE IN THE AUTOMOBILE'S BLIND SPOT AND PRE- VENTING THE AUTOMOBILE FROM COLLIDING WITH MOTORCYCLE. QUESTIONNAIRE SHEETS WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL TEST DRIVERS FOR REPORTING THEIR COMMENTS AND OPINIONS. SUMMARY OF TESTSDRIVERS' OPINIONS AND COMMENTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN A PHASE IFINAL REPORT.