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Topic: Automobiles
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| Friday, January 20, 2006 |
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As a follow up to the note about VINs running out, a discussion of how to decode a 17-character VIN can be found at http://mfes.com/vin.html with links to further online references.
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Posted by: wade bartlett on 1/20/2006 @ 07:55 AM
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| Monday, July 5, 2004 |
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Too many cars, too few digits U.S. will run out of vehicle ID numbers. Solution? Recycle or buy from Botswana
By Eric Mayne / The Detroit News
The auto industry’s number is almost up.
The 17-digit codes that identify the origin, make, model and attributes of cars, trucks, buses — even trailers — worldwide will be exhausted by the end of the decade.
And like an odometer that returns to zero and starts over again, a Vehicle Identification Number — or VIN — could be duplicated.
Experts say duplicated VINs would cause havoc for repair shops, state license offices, insurance agencies, law enforcement and other groups that use VINs to process warranty claims, investigate accident claims and recover stolen vehicles.
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Posted by: Stephan Neese on 7/2/2004 @ 05:44 PM
Amended: 7/5/2004
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| Friday, April 18, 2003 |
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US Dept of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Technical Report HS 808 645- A Preliminary Assessment of the Crash Reducing Effectiveness of Passenger Car Daytime Running Lamps (DRLs)
The effectiveness of daytime running lamps, DRLs, for passenger cars is examined using three different crash types- two vehicle different direction fatal crashes, two vehicle non-fatal crashes, and single vehicle fatal pedestrian crashes. Two statistical techniques, the odds ratio and simple odds techniques are used to analyze the data.
View Attachment 1: Effectiveness of Cars Daytime Running Lamps (drl's)
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Posted by: Stephan Neese on 3/19/2003 @ 05:12 PM
Amended: 4/18/2003
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