Auto Safety Features

The auto manufactures are making safety features more convenient for divers. New vehicles even have more safety feature packages for the customers to choose from. All these features can help reduce auto accidents and minimize the damage during a car accident.

By the year 2011, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will make electronic equipment mandatory in all vehicles. Electronic Stability Control is also known as ESC. It is designed to protect the occupants, as well as avoid accidents. ESC is usually built on the increasing electronic sophistications of vehicles. ESC has contributed to driver safety as much as seat belts and bumpers.

Here is an excellent example. Volvo’s new S80 Sedan offers a technology called BSIS (blind spot information system) that warns of other vehicles in the drivers’ blind spot. This will help so many careless drivers by preventing them from merging lanes at the wrong time. Another example that uses this type of technology is the collision mitigation. It involves the use of radar to anticipate the crash and charges the brakes for better stopping. I think this is useful, but it might not stop the crash. In other words, charging the brakes for better stopping is not going to prevent the driver from crashing into another vehicle. One more example is the rollover protection system, which means using airbags on the sides of large SUVs and convertibles. It is known that SUV’s lack sufficient protection above the occupants shoulders and the rollover protection system will help save lives.

Most new models or luxury vehicles have updated ESC. It is up to the consumer which package they prefer. It can be pricy, especially for those luxury vehicles. Hopefully, all these new modern technologies will not make our drivers lazy or careless when they are on the road.

http://finance.yahoo.com/insurance/article/104482/Autos-Top-10-Safety-Features-for-the-Future

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