Shopping for safety : providing consumer automotive safety information / / Committee for Study of Consumer Automotive Safety Information, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828423903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1996
• ISBN: 1-280-21040-0; 9786610210404; 0-309-56285-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Collana: Special report ; ; 248
• Disciplina: 381/.45629222
• Soggetti: Automobiles - Crashworthiness; Automobiles - Defects - Reporting; Consumer education
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Shopping for Safety -- COPYRIGHT -- PREFACE -- NOTE -- CONTENTS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH AVOIDANCE AND CRASHWORTHINESS -- CURRENT CONSUMER AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY INFORMATION -- CONSUMER DECISION-MAKING AND SAFETY INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS -- KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Findings -- Recommendations -- Improvements to Existing Information -- Development of Summary Measures -- Development of a Process To Stimulate Better Consumer Safety Information and Safer Cars -- BENEFITS OF CONSUMER AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY INFORMATION -- 1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW -- LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT AND SCOPE OF STUDY -- WHAT IS VEHICLE SAFETY? -- Crash Avoidance -- Vehicle Crashworthiness -- CRASH CAUSATION AND THE ROLE OF VEHICLE-RELATED FACTORS -- FEDERAL REGULATION OF VEHICLE SAFETY FEATURES -- DRIVER ATTITUDES TO CRASH LIKELIHOOD AND VEHICLE SAFETY -- INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES -- IMPLICATIONS FOR STUDY -- ORGANIZATION OF REPORT -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Abbreviations -- 2 CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH AVOIDANCE AND ; CRASHWORTHINESS -- VEHICLE SAFETY DATA -- Engineering Data -- Biomechanics Research -- Crash Data -- Data Issues -- CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE FROM AVAILABLE DATA -- Crash Avoidance -- Crashworthiness -- Vehicle Size and Weight -- Crash Types -- SUMMARY OF THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Abbreviations -- 3 CURRENTLY AVAILABLE CONSUMER AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY INFORMATION -- SOURCES OF CONSUMER VEHICLE SAFETY INFORMATION -- Comparative Vehicle Safety Data -- Summary Compilations of Vehicle Safety Information -- DISSEMINATION OUTLETS -- DEVELOPMENT OF THE NCAP STAR-RATING SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY -- STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF CURRENT INFORMATION -- WHY BETTER INFORMATION IS NOT PROVIDED -- MAKING BETTER USE OF EXISTING INFORMATION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Abbreviations.; 4 CONSUMER DECISION MAKING, INFORMATION NEEDS, AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES -- FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING MAJOR PRODUCT PURCHASE DECISIONS -- Information Processing Theory of Consumer Choice -- The Decision Problem: Motive and Relevance -- Decision Maker Attributes -- Decision Strategies -- Framing New Information -- Implications for Provision of Vehicle Safety Information -- AUTOMOBILE PURCHASE DECISIONS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF VEHICLE SAFETY INFORMATION -- Consumer Understanding of Vehicle Safety Characteristics -- The Automobile Purchasing Decision Process -- Importance of Vehicle Safety as a Purchase Attribute -- Likely Use of Improved Safety Information -- Summary -- STRUCTURING AND COMMUNICATING VEHICLE SAFETY INFORMATION -- Presentation of Vehicle Safety Information -- Communication of Vehicle Safety Information -- Matching Dissemination of Vehicle Safety Information with Consumer Information Search Strategies -- Targeting the Message -- Summary -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Abbreviations -- 5 DEVELOPING AND COMMUNICATING NEW MEASURES OF SAFETY -- ATTRIBUTES OF GOOD SUMMARY MEASURES -- DESIGNING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS -- CONTENT OF COMMUNICATIONS -- Development of Summary Safety Ratings -- Reporting Safety Ratings -- GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Abbreviation -- 6 ORGANIZATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS -- ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES -- INSTITUTIONAL CONCEPT AND FUNCTIONS -- ORGANIZATIONAL OPTIONS -- Attributes for Effective Operation -- Organizational Alternatives -- Option 1: Operate Through Existing NHTSA Programs -- Option 2: Operate Through a New NHTSA Federal Advisory Committee -- Option 3: Create a New Public-Private Automotive Safety Institute -- Option 4: Operate Through the Private Sector -- Option 5: Operate Through Nongovernmental Organizations -- Conclusion -- IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY AND NEXT STEPS.; BENEFITS OF CONSUMER VEHICLE SAFETY INFORMATION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Abbreviations -- APPENDIX A WORKSHOP AGENDA AND SPEAKERS -- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS -- SESSION 1 -- SESSION 2 -- SESSION 3 -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- APPENDIX B CONGRESSIONAL REQUESTS FOR CONSUMER AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY INFORMATION STUDY, 1994 -- APPENDIX C FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS FOR PASSENGER CARS AND LIGHT TRUCK VEHICLES -- APPENDIX D INTERVIEW PROTOCOL AND QUESTIONNAIRE -- INTERVIEW PROTOCOL USED IN EVALUATING THE TWO DRAFT SAFETY LABELS SHOWN IN FIGURE 5-2 -- WRITTEN QUESTIONNAIRE USED IN EVALUATING THE TWO DRAFT SAFETY LABELS SHOWN IN FIGURE 5-2 -- STUDY COMMITTEE BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION.