Most of the time, the whole excitement of driving a new car is lost as the design traits of the car make you feel you are a 'misfit' for you new car. But this feeling is now going to be in history books soon because your dream machine will now be designed for you only!
You will soon be entitled to have legroom and the headroom as well as seat specifications as per your needs. Bearing this in mind, Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) has started a study to come up with India-specific anthropometric data (information resulting from scientific study of measurements of the human body) for the country's driving population. The project started in May 2009 and will be completed by September 2010.
According to ARAI, the present settings in the automobiles are not suitable for Indians even as leg space, headroom, view of bonnet from seat doesn't match Indian sizes.
The end result of this data will determine dimensions for height of the seat, legroom, headroom, foot room and pedal size, and can be pivotal in reducing fatigue and enhancing efficiency. Interestingly, such a data was never made available for India before.
The manufacturers in India presently do not have a set standard and hence these specifications are done on judgement or on customer feedback.
This is one of the fundamental data generation works taken up by Passive Safety Lab (PSL) of ARAI and is funded by the Ministry of Heavy Industries. Under this project, 5,000 Indian car buyers in the age group of 18 and 60 years are taken whose physical attributes will be measured and dimensions drawn. The anthropometric data includes height, weight and key physical specifications of users, which are further analysed to develop a standard.
In fact, ARAI has already taken 600 measurements from western India and have installed a scanning machine in Gurgaon for gathering measurements from northern region. The measurements will be taken from five zones in the country including north, south, west, east and central zones. Once the data is collected, a statistical analysis will be done with the help of the statistics department of the University of Pune.
Such data will facilitate car manufacturing companies to further optimise their designs to suit local anthropometry, making driving more comfortable for the local population. The data will help various government bodies involved in formulating regulations to base their standards from practical data. Besides benefiting the Indian automobile industry, the measurements will come in hand in numerous other applications namely, apparel industry, textiles, shoe makers, helmet manufacturers among others.
You will soon be entitled to have legroom and the headroom as well as seat specifications as per your needs. Bearing this in mind, Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) has started a study to come up with India-specific anthropometric data (information resulting from scientific study of measurements of the human body) for the country's driving population. The project started in May 2009 and will be completed by September 2010.
According to ARAI, the present settings in the automobiles are not suitable for Indians even as leg space, headroom, view of bonnet from seat doesn't match Indian sizes.
The end result of this data will determine dimensions for height of the seat, legroom, headroom, foot room and pedal size, and can be pivotal in reducing fatigue and enhancing efficiency. Interestingly, such a data was never made available for India before.
The manufacturers in India presently do not have a set standard and hence these specifications are done on judgement or on customer feedback.
This is one of the fundamental data generation works taken up by Passive Safety Lab (PSL) of ARAI and is funded by the Ministry of Heavy Industries. Under this project, 5,000 Indian car buyers in the age group of 18 and 60 years are taken whose physical attributes will be measured and dimensions drawn. The anthropometric data includes height, weight and key physical specifications of users, which are further analysed to develop a standard.
In fact, ARAI has already taken 600 measurements from western India and have installed a scanning machine in Gurgaon for gathering measurements from northern region. The measurements will be taken from five zones in the country including north, south, west, east and central zones. Once the data is collected, a statistical analysis will be done with the help of the statistics department of the University of Pune.
Such data will facilitate car manufacturing companies to further optimise their designs to suit local anthropometry, making driving more comfortable for the local population. The data will help various government bodies involved in formulating regulations to base their standards from practical data. Besides benefiting the Indian automobile industry, the measurements will come in hand in numerous other applications namely, apparel industry, textiles, shoe makers, helmet manufacturers among others.
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