What is the basis for these WC19 wheelchair and WTORS standards?
The requirements and provisions of WC19 and SAE J2249 are based on some fundamental principles of occupant protection. These include the following: • The most common cause of serious and fatal injuries is occupant contact with vehicle interior components, or with objects outside of the vehicle following or during ejection. • The majority of serious injury-producing crashes occur during frontal impact, or when the principal direction of vehicle deceleration is in the direction of vehicle travel, or toward the front of the vehicle. • Effective occupant protection requires effective occupant restraint by a belt-type restraint system that includes a lower-torso or pelvic/lap belt and an upper-torso shoulder belt or harness. • Restraint belts must be positioned so that the forces applied to the occupant in a crash are primarily to the skeletal structures of the shoulders and pelvis. • Effective occupant restraint requires that the vehicle seat is effectively secured in the vehicle seat and
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- What is the basis for these WC19 wheelchair and WTORS standards?
