Auto safety : on the skids

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Date
1967
Summary
Reports on survival--car design, highway simulation tests, and the "skid school" at the research center of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company at Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Shows two cars designed to protect a driver from crash injuries--a research and a production model. Demonstrates the use of the highway simulator and delineates methods used in the skid school to train drivers to control skids. 
Contributors
Allen Cudworth; David Prowitt; Peter Downey; Elizabeth Straus; Cyd Bregman; Ellen Cabot; John Plausse; Andrew Ferguson; Karl Lorencic; Pat Kane; WGBH-TV, Boston
Publisher
National Educational Television
Genre
Educational
Subjects
Traffic safety; Automobiles--Safety measures; Automobile driving
Location
Hopkinton, MA
Collection
National Educational Television
Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
Rights Statement
No Copyright - United States

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