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Storms Damage Thousands of Vehicles in Missouri and Kansas Progressive Offers Six Simple Steps to Getting Back on the Road – Fast
Baseball-sized hail and debris tossed by high winds damaged thousands of vehicles caught in the storms that swept across Missouri and Kansas earlier this week. Read More »
Buying A Used Car: The Ultimate Shot In The Dark
The most expensive new car in the world, a Saleen S7 Twin Turbo, looks wicked and futuristic, costs $555,000 and has doors on each side that open skyward, giving the vehicle the look of a winged creature about to take flight. However, for $545,000 less, you can get that new car smell in America's least expensive new car, the Chevrolet Aveo. Read More »
Buckle-Up Rate Lags At Night, But Program In Pennsylvania Leads To Modest Increase
Belt use on U.S. roads climbed to 82 percent in 2005, the second straight year the national rate has topped 80 percent. In fact, belt use has been trending upward for years, and much of the increase has resulted from stepped up publicity and enforcement of safety belt laws. Read More »
Use Of Incomplete Data Distorts Conclusions About Effectiveness Of Frontal Airbags
Are you safer in a vehicle with or without a frontal airbag? With the airbag, of course, despite a study by Mary Meyer and Tremika Finney of the University of Georgia. The main finding "” that airbags cause more deaths than they prevent"” is contradicted by years of published research establishing that airbags save lives. Read More »
Lane Departure Warning System
The automobile industry is constantly introducing innovative technology, usually first on luxury vehicles. Some technologies like anti-lock braking, all-wheel drive, on-board navigation, and electronic stability control are examples of those that catch on and soon are available throughout the industry. Read More »
Car Thieves Just As High-Tech As Anti-Theft Devices
It's unthinkable. You wake up one morning and your vehicle is nowhere to be found. Read More »
U.S. Transportation Chief Declares Low Child Booster Seat Use “Unacceptable”
National statistics showing less than one out of every five kids between the ages of four and eight is riding in a car booster seat are a sign of "failure" and must be addressed immediately, U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said today during a visit to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Read More »
Child Passenger Safety Week
Force = Mass x Acceleration. While that maybe an oversimplification, the fact is the laws of physics are unyielding. Imagine this: A 60 pound unbelted child in the back seat of a car traveling at a mere 30 miles per hour is involved in a sudden collision can weigh as much as a young elephant "“ about 2,700 pounds. That means the child can, during a frontal accident, impact the windshield or the front seat occupant "“ with deadly force. Not a pretty physics lesson. Read More »
Mismatch Crash Tests
Mismatch of the front ends of the vehicles in this crash test is a problem. The suv's front-end energy-absorbing structure rides over the car's. In a real crash, this could increase injury risks for the car occupants, which is why auto manufacturers have been committed since 2003 to designing the front ends of light trucks so their energy-absorbing structures overlap those of cars. Read More »