Sentences with phrase «cars without side airbags»

The authors calculated fatality risk in cars without side airbags, with head - protecting side airbags, and with airbags that protect the chest and abdomen but not the head (almost all vehicles with head - protecting airbags provide torso protection too).

The authors of both studies calculated fatality risk in cars without side airbags, with head - protecting side airbags, and with airbags that protect people's torsos but not their heads (almost all vehicles with head - protecting airbags provide torso protection too).

Caution: This means that when LaCrosse fleet cars without side airbags are eventually sold, they will be available to retail purchasers.

Not exact matches

In 2006 - 08 models, side airbags were standard, except in cars sold to fleet buyers that could be ordered without side airbags.

The # 1,695 driver assistance package includes blind spot monitoring (you really miss it when you switch to a car without it), active brake assistance, lane keeping assistance and even pre-safe systems that can tighten seat belts and prepare airbags if the systems believe a side or even a rear impact is about to happen.

«In 2004 we tested 10 midsize moderately priced cars, and all 10 were rated poor in their standard configurations without side airbags.»

In the 2009 model year, front and rear head curtain side airbags became standard except in cars sold to fleet buyers that could still be ordered without side airbags.

The Five Hundred without the side airbags will be tested next year when the Institute assesses the side impact crashworthiness of other large family cars.

To estimate side airbag effectiveness in on - the - road crashes, Institute researchers used data from the federal Fatality Analysis Reporting System and General Estimates System to compute the relative risk of dying for drivers of 1997 - 2002 car models with and without side airbags when their vehicles were struck on the left (driver) side.

Beginning with 2008 models, side airbags were made standard, except in cars sold to fleet buyers that could still be ordered without side airbags.

But don't be surprised to find that most cars fare poorly in side crash tests without side - impact airbags.

In seven incidents, side current airbags in Prius cars partially inflated without a deployment signal.

Vehicles with front and side airbags and anti-lock brakes will generally be cheaper to insure than cars without.

If your car has safety features like anti-lock brakes along with side and passenger airbags, your premium will be lower than a car without those features.