Putting The Brakes On Skidding
Putting The Brakes On Skidding
Mid-1960s model Ford trucks and transport buses skidding to a stop on a wet test-track, intercut with Caucasian adult male test driver wearing safety helmet and driving vehicle, foot pressing on brake pedal. Large, blue, American model automobile with red siren on roof accelerating then skidding to a stop on a dry test track; title card superimposed.
Putting The Brakes On Skidding
Caucasian adult male engineers (glasses, ties, white shirts; one has mustache) working in office. Button on panel being pushed, paper being printed out. Brake parts. Gauges, instrumentation displays. Data tape computer in operation. Caucasian adult male test driver seen through wheel spokes. Caucasian adult male hand holding a smoking pipe, using it to point to paper. Caucasian male test drivers carrying helmets and testing equipment, walking to test car; driver gets into car.
Putting The Brakes On Skidding
POV from backseat of a moving test car, Caucasian adult male test driver in passenger seat, holding clipboard and pencil. VS testing instruments: speedometer, digital odometer, decelerometer, operational system lights.
Putting The Brakes On Skidding
Hand of Caucasian adult male holding a Borg Warner dynamic load-sensing, brake-proportioning valve. White passenger van suspended in the air by four jacks. Underside of white van showing where Borg Warner product has been installed (hydraulic brake system in the rear).
Putting The Brakes On Skidding
Rear door of white cargo van parked outdoors, brake light flashing; Caucasian adult man in dark clothes opens backdoor, revealing full payload of cardboard boxes; special effect trick photography shot of boxes disappearing, payload lightening to symbolize a full load in the morning and empty by afternoon. Underside of van showing the Borg Warner load-sensing valve adjusting as the weight fluctuates. Caucasian adult male test driver gets into white cargo van parked near test track. Driver shifts gears, green light on dashboard comes on. Testing van skidding to a stop on wet test track with pylons.
Putting The Brakes On Skidding
White passenger cargo van skidding to a stop on wet test track marked with pylons, once instance with the Borg Warner valve, and once without. Split screen, Valve On and Valve Off, of a “Wet Split Coefficient with a 20 mph stop." Another test is done to simulate the stopping distance on wet highway concrete; Caucasian adult male test driver marks the stopping point with pylons; without the valve, the van skids to a stop past the pylons. Split screen, Valve On and Valve Off, of a “Wet Concrete with a 30 mph stop.”
Putting The Brakes On Skidding
White passenger van skidding to a stop on dry concrete, Borg Warner brake valve in operation. Caucasian adult male test driver marking the stopping point with pylons. Similar test but without the brake valve, van skidding past pylons. Split screen, Valve On and Valve Off, of a “Dry Concrete with a 40 mph stop."
Putting The Brakes On Skidding
Red flatbed truck skidding to stop, Borg Warner brake valve in operation, on a wet concrete surface; same test, this time without the valve operating-- the van spins out. Split screen, Valve On and Valve Off, of a “Wet Split Coefficient with a 25 mph stop."
Putting The Brakes On Skidding
Red flatbed truck with an attached trailer, the Borg Warner brake valve installed on both. The test is run twice on wet concrete, once with the brake valves operating and once without (the truck jackknives). Split screen, Valve On and Valve Off, of a “Wet Split Coefficient with a 20 mph stop”. The same test is applied with pylons and a faster speed. Split screen, Valve On and Valve Off, of a “Wet Concrete with a 30 mph stop."
Putting The Brakes On Skidding
Colorful product shots of three Borg Warner Sensing Valves on display, the smallest for cars and light trucks, the others for medium trucks and tractor trailers. Caucasian adult male Borg Warner engineers (ties, white shirts, mustache, smoking pipe) working, meeting together in an office. Ground level shot of tires accelerating quickly, creating smoke (patch, burnout). Caucasian adult male test driver in rear-view mirror. Subjective POV shot from car driving along track.
Putting The Brakes On Skidding
Front of a car on lifts (two jacks). Hand of Caucasian adult male holding orange wheel sensor, then shown installed wheel hub. Hand of Caucasian adult male holding black logic module which works in conjunction with the rear wheel sensor. Hand tipping orange brake actuator, then shown on car undercarriage. Car wheel hub with arrows pointing to how brake pressure is increased or decreased based upon the information the system provides. Locked rear wheel of a car skidding on a wet surface, followed by the Borg Warner system working to prevent same car’s rear wheel from completely locking up on wet surface when braking hard.
Putting The Brakes On Skidding
Caucasian adult male test drivers holding helmets and testing equipment, walking to testing sedan (1968 Cadillac, possibly ElDorado). Test driver depresses the brake to show the amber light on car roof and the red panel light going on as well. Test driver turning on the skid control system; green light on dashboard lights up. Bolex 16mm camera placed in backseat, shooting over the driver’s shoulder. Driver closes car door. Driver in sideview mirror. Second driver gets into the passenger seat, puts on helmet.
Putting The Brakes On Skidding
Skid control system field tests using blue-green 1968 Cadillac (ElDorado?) sedan on a wet surface, system on and off. Split screen, System On and System Off, of a “Wet Split Coefficient with a 30 mph panic stop."
Putting The Brakes On Skidding
The skid control test is applied on a 1968 Cadillac (ElDorado?) sedan at a faster speed, pylons being used as markers on the wet track. Split screen, System On and System Off, of a “Wet Concrete with a 40 mph panic stop."
Putting The Brakes On Skidding
The skid control system test is applied, 1968 Cadillac (ElDorado?) sedan driving at a faster speed on dry concrete, pylons used as markers. Split screen, System On and System Off, of a “Dry Concrete with a 60 mph panic stop."
Putting The Brakes On Skidding
Car dashboard showing Borg Wagner braking system on and the brakes being applied. 1968 Cadillac (ElDorado?) sedan skidding to a stop on a dry concrete surface. Car wheel hub with arrows pointing to how brake pressure is increased or decreased based on the information the system provides. Borg Wagner test vehicles (sedan, pickup truck, passenger van, RV, tractor trailer) driving side by side on bowl of test track. Over the should shot of Caucasian adult male test driver driving. Foot on brake pedal.
Putting The Brakes On Skidding
End Credits over image of 1968 Cadillac (ElDorado?) sedan being tested, skidding to a stop.