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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) releases Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the ES-2re (ES-2 with
rib extensions) Side Impact ATD.
(copy from dms.dot.gov) May 2004, NHTSA published a notice of proposed rulemaking that
proposed to upgrade Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 214, ``Side Impact Protection,'' by requiring that all passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of
4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or less protect front seat occupants against head, thoracic, abdominal and pelvic injuries in a vehicle-to-pole test simulating a vehicle's
crashing sideways into narrow fixed objects like telephone poles and trees. That NPRM proposed that compliance with the pole test would be determined in two test
configurations, one using a new, second-generation test dummy representing mid-size adult males and the other using a new test dummy representing small adult females. The
NPRM also proposed using the new dummies in the standard's existing vehicle-to-vehicle test that uses a moving deformable barrier to simulate a moving vehicle being struck in the
side by another moving vehicle. Today's NPRM proposes specifications and qualification requirements for the new mid-size adult male crash test dummy. The new 50th percentile
adult male side impact test dummy has enhanced injury assessment capabilities compared to devices existing today, which allows for a fuller assessment of the types and
magnitudes of the injuries occurring in side impacts and of the efficacy of countermeasures in improving occupant protection. You should submit your comments early enough to ensure that Docket Management
receives them not later than November 15, 2004. Link to origianl NPRM
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