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Assessment of and Guidelines for Aftermarket Chassis Modifications with Regard to Roll and Yaw Stability
The United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has established the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 126 that requires all vehicles sold in the USA weighing less than 4,536 kg (10,000 pounds) to include an Electronic Stability Control (ESC) system as standard equipment after September 1st, 2011. FMVSS 126 ensures that a particular vehicle with ESC installed meets the lateral responsiveness and lateral stability criterion and has been found to be highly effective in preventing single-vehicle loss-of-control, run-off-the-road crashes, of which a significant portion are rollover crashes. (Read more)
