The Vehicle Industry , Regulation and Safety Philip McKenzie Australia

1. The Vehicle Industry, Regulation and Safety Philip McKenzie Australia

2. Agenda • Overview • Vehicle Safety • Vehicle Industry Activities • Driver • Infrastructure • Vehicle Emissions • Regulation • Other Influences • Summary

3. Ultimate Goal of Industry and Government No Injury or Death • How to Achieve? • Research • Accident Analysis • Development • Testing • Application

4. Working Together • Decade of Action • NTC ( National Transport Commission ) • Research bodies • Governments • Industry • Community

5. Vehicle Safety

7. Vehicle Safety • Long History • Haddon Matrix ( 1970 ) • Basis of injury prevention • Factors in crash sequence – pre crash, crash, post crash • Inputs – human, vehicle/equipment, environment

8. Basic responsibilities • Human – Primary is government, secondary is vehicle manufacturers • Vehicle/equipment – Primary is vehicle manufacturers, secondary is governments • Environment – Primary is governments

9. Vehicle Manufacturers Activities

10. Vehicle • Passive safety • Energy absorbing body structure • Occupant restraint • Optimized body structures • Seat belt P/T & F/L • Side airbags • Knee airbags • etc…

11. Direction of passive safety • Injury – Severe/fatal Less severe • Occupant - Adult male Various types of occupants, child, aged, small, large • Configuration – Barrier Various types of impact, PED, rollover, under/over, pole, small overlap

12. Active safety • Vehicle stability • Accident mitigation • ABS ( Anti-lock ) • Traction control • Vehicle stability control • Pre-crash Active safety has significant potential to reduce injuries

13. Integration of Systems Increased safety Braking & Driving Cooperative control Integration and management of vehicle dynamics VSC, ABS etc Safety Today Tomorrow

14. Technology Development • Recognition – monitoring of surroundings • Judgement – e.g. braking distance, use of logic • Action – e.g. emergency braking assistance

15. Pre Crash Safety • Active safety system to avoid collision • Monitoring technology to activate pre-crash technology, e.g. cameras, radar, suspension control, collision judging computer, pre-crash seat belts, whiplash mitigation • Passive safety Injury reduction if accident occurs

16. Safety Technology Direction

17. Driver

18. Driver • Least advanced • Major cause • Young people in low technology vehicles • Education and training • Law enforcement • Challenge – use of engineering to negate inconsistencies

19. Infrastructure

20. Infrastructure • Major developments and potential • Interactive • Intelligent • Collision avoidance • Separation, vehicle to vehicle and human • Traffic Management, must link with • Vehicle to vehicle • Vehicle to driver to infrastructure • Vehicle control – e.g. speed control, traffic management to reduce congestion and collision

21. Vehicle Emissions

22. Vehicle Emissions • Regulation driving technology • Output driven – different technologies to achieve outcomes • Industry goal – sustainable future

23. Vehicle Emissions • International approach National • All impacting factors need consistent regulation, e.g. fuels • Testing regime must match real world • Incentive approach • Infrastructure role in reducing congestion

24. Regulation

25. Regulation • Australia • Mature system in Australia, long history • Harmonising with UN • ADR/UN ECE flexibility • National approach – sometimes a challenge • International • gtr ( global technical regulation ). Basis of regulation with local management

26. Regulation – Challenges • Regional protectiveness • Regions developing at different rates • One size fits all expensive • National approach a must • Regulation must not impede technology • Must focus on outcomes, not particular technologies

27. Regulation challenges continued • Mutual recognition • Opens markets to competition • How to pick winners • Speed of introduction of regulations e.g. harmonising regulations can be a slow process

28. Regulation and the Vehicle Industry • Minimum standards are required • Vehicle development lead times are long • Structure changes, i.e. PED are the longest • Add on technologies – i.e. electronic are shorter but can have long lead time testing • Harmonisation is a must or cost up significantly • Mutual recognition a must or cost up • Robust system for mutual recognition required

29. Other Influences

30. Summary

31. Summary • Overall perspective • Regulation or NCAP collaborative approach required • New technology introduction driven by industry • Safety/Environment major R&D focus • How to regulate for the best & most beneficial technology • Time frames must be realistic

32. Summary continued • Consult widely • Research based advances • Prove advantage • Actual reduction in trauma • Harmonisation • Mutual recognition • Steady progress – not everything at once • Improve penetration of new technology – get rid of clunkers • Do not price vehicles out of peoples reach – new cars with lower technology are better than old cars

33. Thank you for your attention Any Questions Email philip@rpm2604.com