Chapter 6 - Passenger Vehicle Extrication Flashcards
_________ (Also called ______ cars) are extremely small vehicles generally less than __ feet in length with interior volumes of less than ___ cubic feet.
Microcars - Station cars
10 feet
85 cu ft
NHTSA classifies passenger vehicles with a wheelbase of less than ___ inches as ___________.
100 inches
Subcompact
_________, according to NHTSA, are those with a wheelbase between ___ inches and ___ inches.
Compact
100 and 104 inches
According to NHTSA, ________ or ________ class vehicles are those with a wheelbse of ___ to ___ inches.
Midsize or Intermediate Class
105 to 109 inches
________ passenger vehicles have a wheel base of ___ to ___ inches
Full-Size
110 to 114 inches
_________ are some of the largest automobiles and have wheelbases of more than ____ inches.
Limosines
114 inches
Maintain a safe working distance from all active SPRS devices by using the 5-10-12-18-20 inch rule of thumb:
Side Impact Air Bags and Knee Bolsters - 5 in.
Driver Frontal Air Bags - 10 in.
Impact curtains down from the headliner - 12 to 18 in.
Passenger Frontal Air Bags - 20 in.
Passenger frontal inflaters containing sodium azide will reach temperatures in excess of ______*F
1,200 *F
Front-impact air bags deploy in ____ seconds at speeds in excess of ____ mph with an inflating foce of over _____ psi.
0.05 seconds
200 mph
3,000 psi
The sound of air bag deployment is very loud, in the range of ___ to ___ decibles for ___ second.
165 to 175 decibels
0.1 seconds
Extendable ROPS can be deployed rapidly when the vehcile exceeds ___ degrees from the horizontal, a lateral angle limit of ___ degrees, or a longitudinal angle of 72 degrees. Additionally, these systems can deploy is the vehicles experiences ___ acceleration force, or becomes weightless for at least ____ milliseconds.
23* 62* 72* 3G's 80 milliseconds
Electrical systems can range from __ volts to ___ volt systems in more modern vehicles.
6 volts to 42 voltt
