Sentences with phrase «vehicle crash tests»

The aim was to improve car safety through an independent programme of whole vehicle crash tests and the publication of safety «star» ratings for car buyers.

«Full - vehicle crash tests are among the tools we use to assess vehicle - safety - technology advancements that have helped reduce the motor - vehicle fatality rate by about 30 percent over the last two decades.»

Mosley eventually persuaded the FIA senate - not just a motorsport governing body, but also formed in the interest of regular motorists - to agree on a budget for road vehicle crash testing.

Not exact matches

It is not yet clear whether Uber's system was at fault or not in the latest crash, but Uber has now halted all testing of its autonomous vehicles, with no clear timeline for reactivation.

Delphi told the agency that another car crashed into its Audi test vehicle on the evening of Oct. 14 in Palo Alto, Calif..

Still, even in some vehicles with a symmetrical design for the front of the SUV, front overlap crash test results for the driver's side and passenger's side yielded different results.

It's likely this new round of crash tests could force automakers to further modify the frame and structures of the front of their vehicles so they better protected passengers from one of the deadliest collisions.

Tonight at 5 pm: Uber suspended all of its self - driving testing Monday after what is believed to be the first fatal pedestrian crash involving the vehicles.

The crash in Arizona isn't the first involving an Uber autonomous test vehicle.

Uber suspended its autonomous vehicle testing program in Arizona, California, Pittsburgh and Toronto after the crash.

In the Uber crash last month, the ride - services company was testing a fully driverless system intended for commercial use when the prototype vehicle struck and killed a woman walking across an Arizona road.

It has been tested for side impact and has proven to be one of the best currently on the market This seat has been engineered and crash tested to exceed US standards set by FMVSS 213 (Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No 213).

2 Nevada law states that children must ride in appropriate child restraints until 6 years of age and 60 lbs.; however, children won't fit the vehicle seat belt correctly to not suffer injury in a crash until the above 5 - step test is passed, which happens around ages 9 - 11.

The new i - Size standard (R129), which was introduced in early 2014, has brought in additional crash testing and new technologies, which aim to ensure better safety for your child and more compatibility between car seats and vehicles.

It has a high crash test performance and it scored highly both on ease of use and fit to vehicle.

In federal crash tests, the agencies found that advanced lightweight materials — in this case a mix of high - strength steel and aluminum, and a small amount of magnesium and composite material — performed just as well as baseline vehicle models.

The prevalence of non-alcohol drugs detected in fatally injured drivers in the U.S. has been steadily rising and tripled from 1999 to 2010 for drivers who tested positive for marijuana — the most commonly detected non-alcohol drug — suggesting that drugged driving may be playing an increasing role in fatal motor vehicle crashes.

THE KAVLI FOUNDATION: At the end of 2011 there were several news stories about how a battery in the Chevy Volt, GM's first mainstream electric vehicle since the EV1, caught fire several weeks after the car was subject to crash testing.

The «abhorrent» dating tactics of the male redback spider: Scientists find they target immature females who haven't yet learnt to eat them after mating Car companies use crash test dummies when they want to figure out how to make their vehicles safer.

Stay tuned for more news on crash safety as the IIHS tests more vehicles under these new requirements over the coming months.

Of the 32 vehicles tested, 19 earned a Good or Acceptable rating for small front - overlap crashes.

Heavier vehicles typically perform better in crash tests because they are thrown around far less than those with less heft.

Rollover Resistance Test: Forecasts the risk of rolling over in a single vehicle crash based on statistical and dynamic factors.

In order to earn a Top Safety Pick rating, a vehicle must earn a score of «Good» in five key tests and be available with a basic front crash prevention system.

The goal of the national CDL program is to reduce the number and severity of commercial motor vehicle crashes in the United States by requiring states to conduct knowledge and skills testing before issuing a CDL, maintain a complete and accurate driver history record for anyone who obtains a CDL, and impose appropriate disqualifications against any driver who violates certain offenses.

Like most limited - production vehicles, the Alfa Romeo 4C has not been crash - tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

A new frontal oblique test to address a crash type that continues to result in deaths and serious injuries despite the use of seat belts, air bags, and the crashworthy structures of late - model vehicles;

In order to qualify for the Top Safety Pick + award, a vehicle must have a Good score on all five crashworthiness tests and it must come with a front crash prevention system that earns an Advanced or Superior rating.

By 2016, it should have a series of production - ready vehicles to join the LM3D Swim, and plans to pursue the relevant crash testing and certification standards necessary for sales in the US.

The new small overlap frontal crash test, designed to simulate what would happen when the front corner of a car collides with another vehicle or object, constitutes the front end of the driver's side striking a five - foot tall rigid barrier at 40 mph.

The frontal crash test crashes the vehicle into a fixed barrier at 35 miles per hour, and the side crash plows a 3,015 lb barrier moving at 38.5 mph into a standing vehicle.

One day after the controlled substances test was confirmed as positive — September 14, 2016 — Price operated a commercial motor vehicle in Utah and was involved in a crash with a pick - up truck.

The law, enacted in 2015, gives small - volume manufacturers — those building fewer than 5,000 vehicles per year — the right to produce up to 325 turn - key vehicles annually with a crash - test exemption.

«Most automakers design their vehicles to ace our moderate overlap frontal test and NHTSA's full - width frontal test, but the problem of small overlap crashes hasn't been addressed.

The concept car has not gone through virtual crash - testing, so the claimed advantage of the system for light - weighting a vehicle is just that.

To earn a Top Safety Pick + designation, vehicles must score a good rating in the moderate overlap front, side, rollover, and rear crash tests, in addition to an acceptable or good rating in the newer, more challenging small overlap front test.

IIHS conducts vehicle tests to determine crashworthiness — how well a vehicle protects its occupants in a crash.

In the moderate overlap front test, a fast - moving vehicle strikes a deformable barrier made of aluminum honeycomb that crushes like a real car would in a crash.

To qualify for 2017 TOP SAFETY PICK, a vehicle must earn good ratings in the driver - side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint tests, as well as an advanced or superior rating for front crash prevention.

The Institute's Vehicle Research Center and other crash testing facilities are staffed mainly by technicians and engineers.

Three - wheel vehicles are designated as motorcycles, so they don't require the same rigorous and costly crash testing procedures.

The test simulates a front - corner collision with a tree, a pole or another vehicle, a scenario that is responsible for almost 25 % of front crashes that seriously injure or kill someone in front, IIHS says.

A: Vehicles subjected to high - speed crash tests at the Institute's Vehicle Research Center are essentially unrepairable.

Important: Frontal crash test ratings should be compared only among vehicles of similar weight.

People with some training in electronics, computers, photography, auto mechanics or fabrication (machine tools and welding) prepare vehicles for testing, calibrate and install sensors, build test fixtures, calibrate and maintain test dummies and film crash tests.

The VRC's 22,000 - square - foot crash hall has three runways to accommodate front and side tests replicating crashes into another vehicle or fixed object.

Performance requirements: Participating manufacturers will ensure vehicles have both a forward collision warning system that meets a subset of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's current 5 - Star Safety Ratings program requirements on the timing of driver alerts and an automatic braking system that earns at least an advanced rating in the current Insurance Institute for Highway Safety front crash prevention track tests.

The IIHS annually recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rollover and rear crashes based on good rating in a series of tests conducted by the Institute.

Safety: Toyota expects the Camry's more robust vehicle architecture to improve crash - test ratings, and 10 standard air bags help to protect occupants in the event of a collision.

To earn Top Safety Pick, vehicles must achieve good ratings in the driver - side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint tests; earn an advanced or superior rating for front crash prevention; and also have at least acceptable - rated headlights.