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New Vehicle Safety Guide
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| New vehicles are safer than ever -- but what about the drivers? |
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Jun 10, 2004 21:57:56 |
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 35 ( -6 -17.14% ) | | Author | Brian Chee |
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Description:
New Vehicle Safety Guide
Safety Guide: Home
Buy a Safer Car
Safe Vehicles
New vehicles that offer:
    Side impact air bags
    Passenger air bags
    Integrated child seats
    Child safety locks
    Anti-lock brakes
Rollover Ratings:
The latest news from NHTSA
Crash test data:
New results are in from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Air Bag facts
Seatbelt facts
Brakes: How ABS works
Tire safety tips
Child Seat tips
Be a Safer Driver
Safe Driving Tips
When Accidents Happen
Take the Safe Driving Pledge
Life in the Safe Lane
Steering Technique
A Day at the Races
Cell Phone Safety
Racing in the Streets
Road Rage
Louis Harris Poll
Speeding Facts
Related links
NHTSA: Buy a Safer Car
NHTSA: Traffic Safety
NHTSA Safe Communities
NHTSA: Safety City
NHTSA: Crash Statistics
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
National Crash Analysis Center
National Safety Council: Driving
Air Bag & Seat Belt Safety Campaign
Contact your local representative
Never before have cars been as safe as they are today. It's a good thing, too: as the driving-age population increases so do the number of vehicles on the road --- and the likelihood of getting into an accident grows exponentially. Along with better brakes, new air bag technology and advanced traction control systems, there are harder stops to make, as well as greater chances of colliding or losing control of the wheel. All it takes is a look at the nearest freeway during rush hour to understand that with so many people rushing about in so many different directions, accidents are bound to happen.
Our goal is to help you stay out of the insurance claims office --- or the hospital. Success depends greatly on how well you're prepared---preparation that begins as you search for a new vehicle. Too often, people give safety equipment just a glance:
got air bags, seat belts? dent resistant bumpers? Yes? Do you have it in Mountain Misty Blue?
Doing the quick safety once over isn't good enough anymore --- not with the dizzying array of choices available to buyers in all vehicle categories. Finding the right combination depends on your comfort, driving tendencies, price range and family situation. Where one person may need ABS brakes, another may never use it--what they need is a highly tuned, advanced standard braking system. A driver who puts many miles of crossing traffic on his speedometer probably needs a car with side air bags. The freeway driver may find his needs satisfied with a reinforced passenger area.
To help you better understand the safety options available in showrooms, we've created this New Vehicle Safety Guide. Here, you can find everything from information about brakes and air bags to child seats. There's crash test data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and rollover data courtesy of NHTSA.
And oh, yes. One more thing. If cars are indeed safer than ever, they need to be --- because no matter how safe automakers make their cars, they can't keep the nincompoop in front of you from doing something stupid. So we've included a section on safe driving, including a story on driving tips, what to do when you crunch fenders and statistics on how dangerous driving kills people every year. |
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