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.
Not exact matches
Caution: This means that
when LaCrosse fleet cars
without side airbags are eventually sold, they will be available to retail purchasers.
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.
The risk presented by a
side - impact collision in a VX fitted
without side airbags is reduced by 50 percent
when compared to a similarly specified VT model.
Caution: This means that
when fleet vehicles
without side airbags are eventually sold, they will be available to retail purchasers.
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.
Rewind to 2004, and you'll discover that North American crash tests saw similar discrepancies,
when vehicles were tested
without side airbags as standard equipment.