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Simula to be Featured in Dateline NBC's Passenger Train Crash Test Story On April 4

4 April 2000

Simula to be Featured in Dateline NBC's Passenger Train Crash Test Story On April 4

    PHOENIX, April 3 A nationally-televised Dateline NBC story
on the Federal Railroad Administration's passenger rail car crash test program
will feature the role of Simula as a key contractor in the crash
test experiments. The story will air nationwide on Tuesday evening, April 4.
    The Dateline NBC story focuses on Tuesday morning's scheduled full-scale,
two-car passenger rail crash test at the Transportation Technology Center in
Pueblo, Colorado, as well as a review of the first-ever passenger railcar
crash test that was performed at the same facility in November 1999.
    To acquire an expert evaluation of November's crash test, Dateline NBC
visits Simula at its Phoenix headquarters to review the test results with
Joseph Coltman, Vice President of Simula. Coltman offers commentary on the
instrumentation and high-speed filming of ten crash dummies that were seated
in the railcar interior for the test.
    The crash test is part of a series of tests and projects comprising the
Federal Railroad Administration's program to improve the safety of train
passengers and crewmembers. The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
serves as test program administrator. Simula, Inc. a company with an extensive
history of crash safety experience in all modes of transportation, was chosen
as a project team member to lead the investigation of the train's occupant
safety issues.
    Additional information about Simula can be found at its web site,
http://www.simula.com.
    The April 4th airing of the Dateline NBC story is dependent on the
scheduled completion of the rail crash test on Tuesday morning in Pueblo, CO.
Adverse weather conditions or technical difficulties may cause a postponement
of the test, in which case the segment may not run.