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Driving a car is a privilege, not a right!
According to 1997 statistics, one of every four teenagers will be in some sort of crash during their first year of driving! That is an extremely frightening statistic! It is never to early or too late to inform people of all ages the risks and challenges of driving a motor vehicle!
With this in mind, I have designed a standards based curriculum course which teaches our 8th graders about car safety, crumple zones, air bags, crash testing, and the physics behind a 40 mph crash.
The students plan, design and construct a scale
model car fully equipped with crumple zones and an air bag, and then culminate
the course with a simulated 40 mph crash of the vehicle into a solid barrier
with one passenger…an EGG!
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| A Frontal Offset Collision is the most common type of crash that affects thousands of people every day. This computer generated CAD image is of a large S.U.V. (green) colliding head-on with a much smaller vehicle (blue). Big size differences among vehicles can have a major impact upon passenger survival rates. Remember, people feel quite secure and safe in a "big" vehicle, but these same vehicles can and will roll or flip over if not driven in a safe manner! Avoid speeding and reckless driving! | This is a CAD drawing of a human body reacting to the physics
of a frontal crash. The body is thrown forward first, then violently backwards.
The seat belt and air bag will protect the occupant during the forward
impact and the head-rest on the seat will
protect the neck and head as it is driven backwards. Make sure the head-rest on your vehicles seat remains in the
UP position at all times!
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Hybrid 3 Family of Crash Test Dummies
The Dummies range from linebacker size males to the smallest child! The 2000 models are eerily "life-like" and react to a crash very much like a human being would. The NHTSA also uses human cadavers in some tests for a more accurate test
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In this course the student will:
Week 1 to 4 Automobile Design, Safety
and Crash Testing
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