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SUMMARY
In Turkiye it is a real problem deformation in
driver-vehicle-road systems which happens
through traffic jam and accidents.Drivers
faulties in accidents is more than 90%. For this
reason education is very important. Active
security contains driving security, security
according to conditions, security according to
feelings and usage security. Passive security
consists deformation in vehicle body , outer
shapes, surface smooth, guard system,steering
wheel system ,saving from fire.
1 ENTRY
The main aim of highway
carrying system is , carry humans , loads and
animals from some where to another surely.But
traffic accidents are the real problems in our
country and around the world.
Traffic accidents are the events which done by
the acted vehicles in traffic and ends with
injuries or deaths. So vehicle designers works
on protective measures which prevent people in
accidents or decrease the injury rates.
2 TRAFFIC SECURITY
It is the subject which icludes enviroment ,
vehicle and people interactions , problems and
formulas.
2.1 ROAD
Some important factors are ; geometry of road ,
quality and after care of production,usabilities
of crossings,places of traffic control signs,
drivers performance and vehicle design.
2.2 HUMAN
Probably reasons of accidents are the lack of
education, not to be
unconscious of faced risks , exhaustion
,carelessness
,etc. With the education it is possible to
decrease the rate of accidents
2.3 VEHICLE
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According to discoveries in techonolgy ,
enchanges in performance , fuel economy,
security, reliability etc.
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Enchanges in electronic , alternative
materials,new experiments etc.
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Short or long term cracks for congestions in
highways , increasing air pollution in
cities etc
Auto firms works on production of more
comfortable and more secure vehicles. Drivers
must have facilities like perception ,engine,comment
etc. Road conditions are effect the vehicle
designs. In additional to this social , legal ,economic
conditions effect the vehicle designs.
Nearly every vehicle has ABS, ROPS(Roll Over Protection System),
air bags , safety belts , forced ceilings ,
bumbers, pedals, headrests, comfortable seats ,
steel honky tonks , lateral protectors. These
are results of searceh for safety drivings which
used.
There are two security equipments in vehicles
like active securty and passive security.
2.3.1 ACTIVE SECURITY
Active security includes; brake and drive
facilities of vehicle , disclosure systems.
Decrease the rate of accidentsis possible with
increase the number of active security
equipments in vehicles. Active security
equipments is the security equipments which step
in before accident for saving from accident.
2.3.1.1 Drive Security
It is the result of harmonic suspension designs
according to wheel suspension,to move up and
down braking facilities. It shows the most
economic dynamic vehicle behaviour.
In
general using service brakes are used for slow
down or stopped in secure conditions. They must
stopped the vehicle in the emergency times in
the minimum time and distances.Today ın modern
vehicles ABS brake system si used for this. When
two fron wheels begin to slide ABS system brake
them and decrease the slide level to minimum.
2.3.1.2 Security according to Conditions
It is the important factor in decreasing the
wrong maneuver rate in traffic further more
vibration , noisy and climate conditions.
Seats are designed like felt the driving
exhaustion in minimum level.
Noisies in or sides of vehicle take root from
inner sorces (engine ,axles etc) or outer
resources ( wheels or wind noises) and transfer
with the air or vehicle structure
Today in modern vehicles using by air
conditioner systems bad effects of hot air
pressure and wetness are decrease.
2.3.1.3 Security according to sense
For getting better of security according to
sense some works are done as listed above:
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Lightening and illuminated warnings equipments
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audible warning equipments ,
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direct or indirect vision .
Head lights , signals ,
brake lamps ,fog lamps ,parking lamps and
windshiel wiper
and audible warning equipments must be consonant
to standarts.
2.3.1.4 Usage Security
It is possible to decrease the drivrs stress
level and supply safety drivings with the design
of control equipments and command of vehicle
easily.
The newest work of safety driving is "optical
radar systems for vehicles".
An optical radar system for vehicles has a
stationary receiver and a transmitter which
scans the road surface ahead of the vehicle, the
scan area being shifted in accordance with the
direction of steering of the vehicle. The scan
area is covered by periodically sweeping a
narrow-beam pulse laser through the designated
scan area and monitoring the return lag of
pulses reflected by objects in the scan area.
The scan area is centered over the longitudinal
axis of the vehicle while the latter is moving
straight ahead. The axis of the scan area is
shifted in proportion to the orientation of the
steering wheel of the vehicle.
2.3.2 PASSIVE SECURITY
All the
structural
and design facilities for decreasing the bad
rsults of an accidents
2.3.2.1 Outer Security
All the design facilities of vehicles for
decrease the rate of injuries when hit the
pedestrians and cycle riders.Factors;
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Deformation of vehicle structure
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Out design of vehicle
The serious injuries happened when to hit from
front side to pedestrains .For prevent this some
new design speicialities are applied to vehicles
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Movable front head lights .
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windshield wiper
which can be under cover ,
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Under cover rain ruts ,
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Under cover door handle ,
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Pliable rear view mirror ,
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Flexible bumbers .
In commercial vehicles , additional to front and
back guarding equipments also lateral guarding
aquipments are added as shown picture 2

Picture 2
2.3.2.2 Inner security
Inner security means that to prevent the drivers
and passengers in the accidents and supply to
get out from vehicle after accident safetly .
Some factors which affects passengers are :
Deformation in vehicle structure,
Resistance of passenger cabin
Coaction system ,
Crash parts (inner of vehicle) ,
Steering wheel system ,
Saving of people who are in the vehicle ,
Defence from fie .
Safety belts importance are proved. But its
improvemnt is not finished. In classical safety
belts are run by the users.In picture 3
automatic systems are showned which be active by
itself. Its working system are also shown in
picture 4. Safety belts should be tied and
opened with one hand easily.
Picture
3 Safety belt with front tight(11)
Picture 4 System of
Safety belt with front tight(12)
Seat weight sensors add to vehicles for remedy
defects. These sensors supply not to
working of air bags for poppets and and
childrens who are heavier than 30 kilos. For the
effects of air bag , correct usage of safety
belts and crash force must be searched.
Usage of air bag and safety belt together or
alone decrease the injury rates. With air bag
18% with safety belt 42 % and with together 46%
of injury rates decrease.
In new model of vehicles lateral air bags or
protective side air coverings which can be
billowed (as shown picture5 ) are used. Lateral
air bags are designed like to prevent riskks of
tigtened the passengers or drivers arm between
air bag and door.
Picture
5 Protective side air covering
Headrests are used for decrease the level of
head - neck injuries. Active headrests are used
by Opel for decrease the level of injuries.
Picture
6Active headrests
2.3.2.3 Deformation in Vehicle Structure
Some
legal arrangements
are done by Ameirca in 1966. The most known is
not to injure of passengers in by the crashed of
48.3km/h. Crashed tests and some
circumstance
are shown in below:
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criterion
of head is resticted with the acceleration of
HIC (HIC - Head Injury Criterion)< 1000 m/s2
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criterion of chest injury: Maximum
acceleration of rib cage is :
60 g/3ms
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criterion of leg injury:
power which effects hip is 10 kN
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Other general
circumstances are :
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There will be limited leakage in fuel depot,
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Doors must not be opened during crash
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After the crash doors canbe opened enough ,
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Vehicles part can not be entered to area which
is protective by front window ,
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Lateral slide quantitiy of steering wheel can
be < 10
cm ,
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Doors which are in passenger area can not be
opened,
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There is not be any humiliated
in vital volume sizes.

Picture 7 Deformation as
accordion shape
Pedal
release system (PRS) is used for decrease the
leg injuries and
impressions in foots in drivers which occurs in
coming crashed.
To minimize the burnt risks after accident front
deformation metal sheet is used for prevent of
fuel tank.
3. RESULT
Traffic security is many sided topic. In our
country 97.3% of an accidents happened for the
personal faults of drivers in 1997. The main
problem is lack in education. crashes ends in
very short times but coming out energy is very
big. It is an obligatory to have and use of
safety belt and air bags in vehicles. Rate of
injuries is decrease 18% with air bag usage ,
42% with safety belt usage and 46% with both of
them usage.
Accident force is concerned with the vehicle
speed. So every driver must obey the speed rules.
Vehicles designers and producers work on new
systems and designs for decrease yhe injury
rates and drivers fault.But the most important
thing is education of drivers.
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