Regardless of what vehicle model years we included,
the benefits of side airbags were revealed — and the benefits were greater for head - protecting side airbags than for ones that protect the chest and abdomen but not the head.»
In 2003 Institute researchers produced estimates of
the benefits of side airbags in preventing car driver deaths.
New IIHS crash tests of the BMW X5 and Volvo S80 demonstrate the important
benefits of these side airbag head protection systems.
Not exact matches
Day would have been much more likely to
benefit from a
side impact torso
airbag and / or improved
side vehicle structure — the kinds
of technologies Gladwell dismisses.
A Bang and Olufsen sound system is one
of the new luxuries on the options list, but all cars should
benefit from new
side and curtain
airbags.
New Institute crash tests
of the BMW X5 and Volvo S80 — car - into - pole and vehicle - to - vehicle tests — demonstrate the important
benefits afforded to occupants by these
side airbag head protection systems.
Both the older study and the new one reveal
side airbag benefits, but the estimates
of effectiveness differ.
The best estimates from the new analyses, based on the combined set
of vehicles (1997 - 2004 models), show somewhat smaller
benefits of head - protecting
side airbags and larger
benefits of torso
airbags, compared with the earlier study.
The best estimates from the new analyses, based on the combined set
of vehicles (1997 - 2004s), show somewhat smaller
benefits of head - protecting
side airbags and larger
benefits of torso
airbags, compared with the earlier study.
Both the 2003 study and the new one reveal
side airbag benefits, but the estimates
of effectiveness differ.
The LE
benefits from Toyota's extensive list
of across - the - board standard features, including forward - collision warning, automatic braking, lane - departure warning with lane assist, adaptive cruise control, rear
side airbags, automatic high beams, an 8 - way power driver's seat, and Toyota's latest Entune 3.0 infotainment system.