Safety and Comfort Systems

1 Approval of road vehicles, domestic legislation, UN-ECE, EU,
North American and Japanese, homologation. Types of tests, laboratory and road tests.
2 Automotive test polygons, polygons of vehicle manufacturers, manufacturers of tires and tyres, electrical accessories, layout, dynamometric
track, test track parameters, speed circuit, special tracks
3 Methods of testing weight and external dimensions. Tests of internal
body dimensions, luggage compartment
4 Tests of dynamic properties of a car, top speed,
acceleration. Methodology and instrumentation for determining dynamic properties.
5 Laboratory driving tests, vehicle test facilities and test rigs for
the vehicle as a whole and for individual vehicle groups (aerodynamics, transmissions, suspension system, braking system, ...).
6 Active and passive car safety. View from the vehicle, dummy,
operational ranges. Tests of restraint systems.
7 Impact tests, frontal, side, rear, European and
North American methodology, test dummy.
8 Tests of consumption, noise, emissions of harmful substances in exhaust gases. Tire tests. Long-term test.
9 Methods of securing train movement on the road.
10 Driving control using ETCS systems.
11 Automatic train guidance systems.
12 Automatic speed control systems.
13 Communication systems of rolling stock.