Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corp. to form traffic accident investigation team; first in North American trucking industry.GREENSBORO, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 1995--Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corp. announced today that it is forming the Volvo Traffic Accident Investigation Team (VTAIT). This team's objective is to participate in the efforts to prevent and lower the number of traffic accidents, reduce consequences of accidents when they do occur, research safety enhancement potentials and develop recommendations for improving traffic safety related to the trucking industry. This is the first team of its kind in the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. trucking industry. It is modeled after a team at Volvo Truck Corp. in Gothenburg, Sweden, which has been studying accidents involving Volvo trucks Volvo Trucks (sv: Volvo Lastvagnar), a Swedish truck manufacturer, owned by Volvo, is the World's second largest heavy-duty truck brand. Founded in 1927, in 2006 Volvo Trucks employed about 35,000 people around the world. for more than 25 years. ``To really comprehend what happens in a traffic accident, it is very instructive to be at the scene,'' said Leif Karlsson, product planning Product Planning is the ongoing process of identifying and articulating market requirements that define a product’s feature set. See also
According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Karlsson, the new team's research will go beyond accident investigations. The team will network and build partnerships with others in the highway safety community. The company strongly supports the need for outside research regarding highway safety, driver environment and ergonomics. ``Volvo GM Heavy Truck is prepared to help fund appropriate research in the areas of traffic and driver safety,'' said Per Lindquist, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Volvo GM Heavy Truck. ``Our goal is not only to conduct our own traffic safety research, but to work together with researchers who are already conducti earned ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 Certification, making it the first automotive or truck assembly plant in the U.S. to attain this distinction. CONTACT: Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corp., Greensboro Keith Hoile, 910/393-2350 or PROCONSUL Proconsul, in zoology Proconsul, extinct group of apes, now considered a subgroup of Dryopithecus. Proconsul fossils have been discovered in E Africa. It is a probable ancestor of the chimpanzee and lived from 12 to 25 million years ago. , Beachwood, Ohio Chris Baldwin, 216/831-0400 |
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