The prediction of car driver size and position to enhance safety in crashes

摘要

The positions which car drivers adopt when driving will depend on their anthropometric characteristics, the range and type of adjustment available from the vehicle package and their preferred driving posture. The design and testing of systems to protect occupants in car crashes assumes that the size and position of the driver is 'normal' or 'average', although there is some accommodation for adjustability. If, however, the occupant protection system had information n the driver's chosen seat position, on whether the driver was particularly large or small and on whether the driver was sitting close to or further from the steering wheel, in a crash the system could tailor its performance and enhance the protection offered.