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Occupant Restraint Design for Commercial Go-Karts
Technical Paper
1999-01-1294
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Performance standards are proposed for occupant restraint systems intended for use on commercial go-karts. Criteria for these standards are developed through an analysis of the design and operating environment of the typical go-kart and an examination of government statistics on go-kart related accidents. It is proposed that such systems be capable of restraining an occupant inside the occupant compartment of a go-kart during a 25 mph barrier collision. Any such design must also be capable of fitting occupants ranging in size from a six year old child to an adult and must be capable of use by a child without adult supervision. It is further proposed that go-kart restraint systems should not increase the threat of entanglement. The paper concludes with an analysis of a practical example a go-kart restraint system and its performance in a crash test.
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Wilcoxon, K., "Occupant Restraint Design for Commercial Go-Karts," SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-1294, 1999, https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-1294.Also In
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