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09AEV REV. A 5 TEST 2 (GTL055) This scenario simulated an ambulance going straight through an intersection and being struck on the driver’s side by cross traffic coming from the left, thus creating a “T-Bone” or perpendicular impact. A nominal speed of 42 MPH at impact was chosen for this testing. Although this is a higher speed than the 33 MPH that is used by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for FMVSS 214 side impact protection testing, AEV believes it is more representative of typical estimated accident speeds. 4.0 TEST SETUP GTL’s crash test track runs from east to west. The test vehicle starts approximately 400 feet east of the impact point and is accelerated to the test speed traveling west along the monorail track. In the first test the ambulance was positioned across the test track facing 37° east of north. It was positioned such that the Ford Contour would strike the right side impacting in an area that would include the right side patient compartment door and the battery compartment. For the second test the ambulance was positioned across the test track facing south which is 90° to the direction of travel of the impacting vehicle. The ambulance was positioned such that impact would occur on the left side between the centerline of the rear wheels and the oxygen tank storage compartment. In both tests the patient compartment of the ambulance had 50th percentile male Anthropomorphic Test Dummies (ATD’s) at each of the four designated seating positions. Each of the “ATD’s” was restrained with the Protek Restraint System. In addition a 95th percentile male ATD was secured to the patient cot. The impacting vehicles each had a 50th percentile male ATD in the driver seating position restrained by seat belts. 5.0 TEST DATES The testing was conducted on July 23 and 24, 2009