Current edition approved May 1, 2017. Published July 2017. Originally approved in 1976. Last previous edition approved in 2010 as F457 – 04 (2010). — 4 p.
This test method covers the determination of vehicle speed and cumulative distance traveled using a device termed a fifth wheel and using appropriate associated instrumentation.
This test method also describes the calibration technique applicable to digital or analog speed and distance measurement systems employing a fifth wheel.