Frontal offset crash tests conducted by IIHS since 1995 have prompted huge improvements in how
vehicles protect people in frontal crashes.
NHTSA plans to add a new crash test to measure how well
vehicles protect people in an angled frontal crash.
ARLINGTON, Va. — Frontal offset crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety since 1995 have prompted huge improvements in how
vehicles protect people in frontal crashes.
A new Institute crash test evaluates how well
vehicles protect people in frontal crashes involving 25 percent of a vehicle's front end.
Just as manufacturers made major improvements in how
their vehicles protect people in frontal crashes, now they're making similar improvements for side and rear impact protection.
Not exact matches
Shifting to cleaner
vehicles would also
protect people, particularly children and the elderly, from toxic tailpipe pollution.
But it also proves why we desperately need federal regulation to
protect people and autonomous
vehicle innovation.
DuPont
vehicle safety solutions are helping
protect people across the
vehicle value chain, from improved worker safety to better airbags and tougher automotive glass.
Touch - a-Truck is an educational community event that provides children with a hands - on opportunity to meet the
people who build,
protect, and serve Durham and Orange Counties and to see and touch
vehicles from law enforcement, fire departments, public works, emergency medical services, construction machinery, farm equipment, and more.
The British Lung Foundation has campaigned on this serious child health issue since 2010, and during that time we have seen a wide range of
people and organisations with diverse interests all voice their support for legislation to
protect children from passive smoke in motor
vehicles.
To
protect people from these weapons, the U.S. military increasingly relies on robotic bomb detection and disposal units (in addition to the scores of unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) overhead with reconnaissance and strike capabilities), creating life - and - death combat relationships between man and machine that will only deepen and proliferate over time.
Technology disruption is changing the way we work...
protecting our assets, buildings,
vehicles and most importantly our
people, and education facilities must be at the forefront of this change.
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.
This contrasts with a serious frontal crash, in which the whole length of a
vehicle's front end crushes to help
protect the
people riding in the occupant compartment,» Lund points out.
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).
When
vehicles do roll, side curtain airbags help
protect the
people inside, and belt use is essential.
The Institute's Top Safety Pick award recognizes passenger
vehicles that do the best job of
protecting people in front, side, rollover and rear crashes based on ratings in Institute evaluations.
Top Safety Pick recognizes
vehicles that do the best job of
protecting people in front, side, and rear crashes based on good ratings in Institute tests.
The third test measures how well
vehicle seats and head restraints
protect people against neck injury in low - speed rear crashes.
«In order to win, automakers have beefed up the side structures of
vehicles and added side airbags to do a better job of
protecting people in serious side crashes,» Lund says.
«Before head -
protecting airbags were available there was virtually nothing to prevent
people's heads from being struck by intruding
vehicles or rigid objects like trees and poles in serious side impact crashes.
When
vehicles roll, side curtain airbags help
protect people.
Top Safety Pick recognizes
vehicles that do the best job of
protecting people in front, side, rollover and rear crashes based on good ratings in Institute tests.
The tests assess how well
vehicles would
protect people in rollover crashes.
According to the IIHS, the award «recognizes
vehicles that do the best job of
protecting people in front, side, rear, and now for 2010 rollover crashes.»
The award recognizes
vehicles that do the best job of
protecting people in front, side and rear crashes based on ratings in the Institute's tests.
When
vehicles do roll, side curtain airbags help
protect the
people inside.
This award recognizes
vehicles that do the best job of
protecting people in front, side and rear crashes based on ratings in IIHS tests.
Before the availability of head -
protecting airbags, there was virtually nothing to prevent
people's heads from being struck by intruding
vehicles or rigid objects like trees or poles in serious side impacts.
Top Safety Pick recognizes
vehicles that do the best job of
protecting people in front, side, rear, and now rollover crashes based on good ratings in Institute tests.
This award recognizes
vehicles that do the best job of
protecting people in front, side, and rear crashes based on ratings in Institute tests.
The seats and head restraints in many
vehicles don't
protect people's necks, but new designs show promise
When
vehicles do roll, side curtain airbags help
protect people.
Toyota Safety Sense ™ (TSS) is designed to help
protect drivers, passengers,
people in other
vehicles on the road and pedestrians (TSS - P and Automatic High Beams) from harm.
It will
protect against accidental minor drips, from an overhead pipe for example, and scratches or small dents caused by
people next to the
vehicle.
Personal umbrella policies are generally available for
people to
protect wealth above their liability coverage limits, but they're also a way for non-car-owners to be covered for
vehicle liability.
A. No
person shall transport or carry on any public street any dog in any unenclosed portion of a motor
vehicle unless the dog is
protected by a cage, pen or crosstie which will prevent the dog from falling from, being thrown from, or jumping from the motor
vehicle.
(a) In order to
protect the health and safety of an animal, any animal control officer, animal cruelty investigator appointed under G.S. 19A - 45, law enforcement officer, firefighter, or rescue squad worker, who has probable cause to believe that an animal is confined in amotor
vehicle under conditions that are likely to cause suffering, injury, or death to the animal due to heat, cold, lack of adequate ventilation, or under other endangering conditions, may enter the motor
vehicle by any reasonable means under the circumstances after making a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other
person responsible for the animal.
You're 226 times more likely in your lifetime to be killed while walking down the street than to be killed by a dog, and 650 times more likely to die in a
vehicle accident, but we haven't tried to outlaw walking or cars to
protect people — yet.
Diesel Express VR is a first -
person shooter in which you play as a Legionnaire of The Regiment, and your goal it to make sure the trains arrive successfully to their destination by
protecting them from bandits who follow the train in their Diesel Punk
vehicles.
62 percent of
people who live near
protected lane projects would be more likely to ride a bicycle if motor
vehicles and bicycles were physically separated by a barrier.»»
As urbanization progresses,
vehicle ownership increases and overall coal consumption continues to rise, «the government must implement strict air pollution control measures» to
protect people's health and the environment, the newspaper cited the ministry as saying.
The contingency fee method of payment is in place to
protect you, the plaintiff, at all times and this is why so many
people with
vehicle accident claims to file across Kansas and Missouri choose the personal injury attorneys at Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. to work with.
Probably not — or not yet — but what has come a little closer with the Bill is a clear statement from the government about how
people injured by automated
vehicles (AVs) will be
protected once the technology is approved for use on UK roads.
In the end it was the battle of «broader legislative goals»: allowing an innocent victim of a motor
vehicle accident to seek damages against an insured
person versus
protecting innocent victims by promoting compulsory insurance.
Rucker wrote that as the purpose of the public intoxication statute is to
protect the public from the annoyance caused by intoxicated
people, «it is difficult to perceive how this purpose is advanced by declaring that the inside of a closed
vehicle traveling along a highway is a public place.»
The need for insurance
protects off - road
vehicle owners and drivers in the event a
person is injured because of their negligent acts or omissions.
If you relied on a seat belt, car seat, airbag, anti-lock breaks or other
vehicle safety feature only to have it fail to
protect you in an accident, one of our product liability lawyers can help you recover damages from the
people or organizations that are at - fault.
In 2007, inspired by civil rights attorneys Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and Avon Williams, Jr., who used the law and courts as a
vehicle to make change and
protect all
people against injustice, Attorney Zulu Ali opened the Law Offices of Zulu Ali with a focus on representing
persons accused of crimes and seeking criminal justice, immigrants, victims of discrimination, and
persons seeking civil justice.
Vehicle collisions can take a devastating financial, emotional, and physical toll on victims and their families, so if you or a loved one were injured in an accident that was caused by another
person's negligence, it is important to contact an experienced Gainesville car accident attorney who can
protect your interests.