Sentences with phrase «rear end crash»

In today's case (Anderson v. Dwyer) the Plaintiff was injured in a 2004 rear end crash.

However, in the Institute's rear end crash test, 2001 and later models received only a Poor rating.

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Rear end crashes happen all the time here in Florida.

Many of these rear end crashes happen at slow speeds, like in parking lots or school pick - up zones.

The experienced rear end collision team at the offices of GJEL Accident Attorneys can help you to understand laws related to rear end crashes in California, and gather the evidence you need to prove the fault of the other driver and hold that driver liable for your injuries.

Not exact matches

U.S. auto safety regulators said on Thursday that 20 automakers have agreed to make automatic emergency braking standard on nearly all U.S. vehicles by 2022, a move that could prevent thousands of rear - end crashes annually.

In 2012, rear - end crashes killed 1,705 people and injured 547,000 in the United States.

When Denny Hamlin intentionally rear - ended Chase Elliott two weeks ago at Martinsville Speedway, crashing Elliott and costing him a key playoff win, it transformed Hamlin into NASCAR's Public Enemy No. 1.

It failed crash - tests twice, and in testing was proving to be both unreliable and difficult to work on thanks to its incredibly tightly - packaged rear end.

The restart sparked an absolutely massive accident between Will Power, Ed Carpenter and Takuma Sato — a terrifying crash sparked when Power lost the rear end.

It's about being an EMT, knowing the laws of physics, and knowing just how strong those neck muscles ARE NOT in a situation of being rear - ended, nevermind a crash.

-LCB- «id»: 54210313, «title»: «Study shows rear - facing car seats perform well in rear - end crashes», «duration»: «1:05», «description»: «The findings are consistent with previous studies.»

That being said, many parents may also be curious about how well a rear - facing child restraint system could protect a baby in a rear - end car crash.

This is avoided if the child is rear facing as he will be in a cannon ball position during the frontal crash, thus however scrunched they might be, they will always end up super crunched in the instant of a crash thus no injuries.

It was not the project's first crash, but it was the first caused in part by nonhuman error (most incidents involve the driverless cars getting rear - ended by human drivers not paying attention at traffic lights).

Data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, for instance, have found that crash - avoidance braking can reduce total rear - end collisions by 40 percent.

The study used Queensland state road crash data to pinpoint rear - end crash blackspots, and on - road monitoring to determine driving conditions, speed and tailgating.

Dr Demmel said rear - end collisions account for around one in five crashes on Queensland roads and contribute to 25 per cent of the total cost of claims to the Queensland compulsory third party (CTP) scheme.

«This study, for the first time conclusively linked tailgating with rear - end crashes, but we also identified confusion among drivers over what is deemed to be a safe following distance,» he said.

The new body structure is 25 percent stiffer than the old E46 3 - series, the main goal being to enhance crash performance, particularly in the new federal 50 - mph, rear - end offset crash and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety side - impact test.

If you're approaching a vehicle too quickly, the system will first warn you with a series of beeps and then auto brake to either stop the E250 before rear - ending the other car or mitigate the severity of the crash at least.

Volvo has an answer for that: when the number of low - speed crashes goes dramatically down, the remaining accidents are of greater severity; when you take many cheap rear - endings out of the equation, you're left paying for the rollovers, front - end impacts, and «t - bone» crashes, which are both more dangerous and more expensive.

Finally, Pre-Safe Plus can detect an imminent rear - end collision and can prepare for it by cinching the seatbelt tensioners and firmly applying the brakes, reducing potential for whiplash injuries and secondary crashes.

Safety features on the E-Class include Active Emergency Stop, which gives the driver a visual, then audible, warning before slowing to avoid a hazard; Active Brake Assist, which brakes autonomously if necessary; Evasive Steering Assist, which helps the driver safely avoid a spin during an emergency lane change maneuver; Pre-Safe Plus, which warns the driver behind of an impending rear - end crash; Active Blind Spot Assist, self - explanatory and Remote Parking Pilot, which allows the vehicle to be maneuvered in and out of the garage remotely.

Google has already logged almost 150,000 unmanned miles on California roads with only one crash — and that was when the vehicle was rear - ended by another vehicle.

As an occupant's torso sinks into the Kia seat during a rear - end crash, a mechanism in the seatback is designed to move the head restraint so it's more likely to be in a good position to catch the head, keeping it and the torso moving together.

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Front crash prevention systems with autonomous braking that can stop drivers from rear - ending another vehicle or slow them down enough to lessen the impact are making a measurable difference in insurance claims (see Status Report special issue: crash avoidance, July 3, 2012).

Other product features that seem to fit the Saab image are ventilated seats, and shock - absorbing head restraints that «catch» the head before whiplash can occur in a rear - end crash.

Rear - end crashes account for a quarter of all accidents.

In 1999, IIHS researchers analyzed more than 5,000 insurance claims and determined that drivers with head restraints with good geometric ratings were 24 percent less likely than drivers with poor - rated head restraints to sustain neck injuries in rear - end crashes.

The test simulates a rear - end crash with a velocity change of 10 mph, approximately equivalent to a stationary vehicle being struck at 20 mph by a vehicle of the same weight.

A 2008 Institute analysis of insurance claims found that, all other factors being the same, drivers of vehicles with seat / head restraint combinations rated good in Institute evaluations were 15 percent less likely to sustain neck injuries in rear - end crashes than drivers of vehicles with poor head restraints (see «Neck injury risk is lower if seats and head restraints are rated good,» March 15, 2008).

«In stop and go commuter traffic, you're more likely to get in a rear - end collision than any other kind of crash,» Zuby says.

To evaluate rear crash protection, vehicle seats are affixed to the sled, which is accelerated to simulate a stationary vehicle that's rear - ended by another vehicle of the same weight going 20 mph.

Rear - end collisions are frequent, and neck injuries are the most common injuries reported in automobile crashes.

You're more likely to need the protection of a good head restraint than the other safety devices in your vehicle because rear - end crashes are so common.»

You're more likely to need the protection of a good head restraint in a collision than you are to need other safety devices because rear - end crashes are so common.»

The ratings of good, acceptable, marginal, or poor are based on geometric measurements of head restraints and simulated crashes that together assess how well people of different sizes would be protected in a typical rear - end collision.

As you can see in the graph, the technology reduced rear - end crashes with injuries by more than 40 %.

A dummy specially designed to assess rear - end crash protection, BioRID, is used to measure the forces on the neck during the simulated crashes.

In addition, seat behaviour was studied in a rear - end crash.

The autobrake systems also greatly reduce rear - end crashes involving injury.

Vehicles equipped with front crash prevention are much less likely to rear - end other vehicles than the same models without the technology.

Front crash prevention, which includes both warning systems and automatic braking, is intended to help inattentive drivers avoid rear - ending a stopped or slower - moving vehicle in front of them.

Effectiveness of low speed autonomous emergency braking in rear - world rear - end crashes.

In a study of police - reported crashes, automatic emergency braking was found to reduce the incidence of rear - end crashes by 39 percent.

An Institute study found that systems with forward collision warning and automatic braking cut rear - end crashes in half, while forward collision warning alone reduces them by 27 percent.

A 2008 Institute analysis of insurance claims found that, all other factors being the same, drivers of vehicles with seat / head restraint combinations rated good in Institute evaluations were 15 percent less likely to sustain neck injuries in rear - end crashes than drivers of vehicles with poor head restraints.