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FIGURE 1- THE NEW AMERICAN STANDARDS FOR UNDERRIDE GUARDS.

IT CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT CARELESSNESS TO HUMAN LIFE!

GROUND CLEARANCE WILL PROMOTE THE "WEDGE EFFECT",

DISTANCE TO THE REAR END WILL REDUCE VITAL SPACE TO

AVOID PASSENGER COMPARTMENT INTRUSION.

REDUCED LENGTH OF THE HORIZONTAL MEMBER WILL AFFECT

PASSENGER HEADS IN OFF CENTER COLLISIONS.

FIGURE 2 - PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS:

STATIC TESTING FORCES: P1 = P2 = 50,000 N, P3=100,000 N

TESTING FORCES SUBSTANTIALLY INFERIOR THAN REALITY!

WEAK EXTREMITIES WILL KILL FRONT SEAT OCCUPANTS IN NOT

CENTERED COLLISIONS. IT IS ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE THAT THESE

STANDARDS WERE MADE AT THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY, AFTER 

HALF CENTURY OF AVOIDABLE HUMAN CARNAGE, IN THE MOST

ADVANCED COUNTRY OF THE WORLD!