Owners of Volvos with advanced crash avoidance features find the systems useful, and the vast majority would want the technology again, an IIHS survey shows. The positive results are in line with an earlier survey (see Status Report, Nov. 18, 2009, at iihs.org). This time, the participants were not limited to the early adopters questioned several years ago, when ... Read More »
9-1-1 In The Wireless World
There is a serious automobile accident. One of the first on the scene calls 9-1-1 on his cell phone. The dispatcher already knows about the crash from one vehicle's Automated Collision Notification System where deployment of the airbag triggered a call to 9-1-1. The call also provided the exact location of the accident. Read More »
Taste Of Lexus Safety Seminar
The Taste of Lexus Safety Seminar gives both automotive journalists and consumers the opportunity - and know-how -- to drive "it" like they mean it. Read More »
More Than 300,000 Lives Have Been Saved, Thanks To Vehicle Safety Technologies
Federal motor vehicle safety standards and various safety technologies saved a reported 328,551 lives from 1960 to 2002. This estimate is from a 2004 report by C.J. Kahane conducted for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Read More »
Electronic Stability Control Found Effective in Reducing Single-Vehicle Crash Risk
About half of the 28,000 fatal passenger vehicle crashes that occur each year involve a single vehicle. Equipping cars and SUVs with electronic stability control (ESC) can reduce the risk of involvement in these crashes by more than 50 percent. Read More »
