ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss 'Good' Ratings for Cars in Crash Tests.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2002 TOPIC: For the first time, all the vehicles that underwent the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) crash tests received a "good" rating, according to an article by USAToday.com. Nine midsized sedans were tested, including the Saab 9-5, which the IIHS designated the "best pick," the article says. The IIHS test simulates the situation of a driver swerving to miss an obstacle such as another car. The vehicle travels at 40 miles per hour and hits a pliable barrier. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Mr. David A. Champion is the director of Consumer Reports Auto Test Facility. He is an engineer with extensive experience in automotive testing, design and development, has been director of the Auto Test Department at Consumers Union since June 1997. As director, Champion oversees CU's extensive testing operations at the department's 327-acre facility in East Haddam, Conn., the largest independent consumer automobile testing center in the world. The Auto Test Department buys and tests more than 40 cars and trucks a year. Results of those tests are presented in various Consumers Union publications, including the annual "New Car Yearbook," the "Cars CD ROM CD ROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory ," the annual "Buying Guide" and Consumer Reports magazine, whose April Auto Issue is widely read and trusted. Earlier, Champion worked for Land Rover See LANRover. of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , and supervised su·per·vise tr.v. su·per·vised, su·per·vis·ing, su·per·vis·es To have the charge and direction of; superintend. [Middle English *supervisen, from Medieval Latin the startup of that company's test facility in Phoenix, Ariz. PR: Douglas Love, Consumer Reports (lovedo@consumer.org, 914-378-2437). Professor Prabhat Hajela, of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, N.Y.; coeducational; founded and opened 1824 as Rensselaer School; chartered 1826. It was called Rensselaer Institute from 1837 to 1861. , Aeronautical Engineering aeronautical engineering: see engineering. Aeronautical engineering That branch of engineering concerned primarily with the special problems of flight and other modes of transportation involving a heavy reliance on aerodynamics or and Mechanics, is an expert regarding mechanical engineering and automotive structural systems. 518-276-6624, 518-276-6000 (University PR Phone) Dr. Russel Brantman is an independent consultant who has 25 years' experience in occupant occupant n. 1) someone living in a residence or using premises, as a tenant or owner. 2) a person who takes possession of real property or a thing which has no known owner, intending to gain ownership. (See: occupancy) and vehicle safety engineering and 15 years' expertise in airbag systems. His knowledge base includes occupant protection and vehicle crash worthiness, crash sensing, airbag and seatbelt system design, inflator in·flate v. in·flat·ed, in·flat·ing, in·flates v.tr. 1. To fill (something) with air or gas so as to make it swell. 2. a. development and product safety and risk analysis. 813-977-8877 ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/ifmd/index.html. |
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