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TEST RESULTS - LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S VEHICLE EVALUATION SYSTEM

NCJ Number
40899
Journal
Police Chief Volume: 44 Issue: 3 Dated: (MARCH 1977) Pages: 40-43
Author(s)
P J PITCHESS
Date Published
1977
Length
4 pages
Annotation
DESCRIPTION OF THE POLICE CAR TESTING AND EVALUATION SYSTEM DEVELOPED AND UTILIZED BY THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, PLUS 1977 AUTOMOTIVE TEST DATA ON EIGHT DIFFERENT VEHICLE MAKES AND MODELS.
Abstract
THE SEVEN-PHASE TEST PROGRAM MEASURES SLOW AND HIGH SPEED PERFORMANCE AND HANDLING, INSTRUMENTED PERFORMANCE, FUEL ECONOMY, ERGONOMICS OR HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING, HEAT LEVELS, VEHICLE SERVICEABILITY AND REQUIRED MAINTENANCE, AND COMMUNICATIONS. THE EIGHT 1977 MODELS TESTED WERE: THE AMERICAN MOTORS MATADOR, THE CHEVROLET NOVA, THE DODGE ASPEN, THE DODGE MONACO, THE PLYMOUTH FURY, THE PONTIAC CATALINA, AND THE PONTIAC LE MANS.... ELW

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