Abstract
Road unevennesses affect the safety and comfort of a vehicle. It is desirable, therefore, to maintain a certain evenness standard on a road. However, this evenness standard should be established in terms of safety and comfort. This thesis provides: (a) definitions of the terms "road holding"(safety) and "ride comfort", (b) survey of literature describing different measuring criteria and methods to determine road holding and ride comfort, (c) how road holding and ride comfort are influenced by vehicle and road parameters.