Originally, the issue with backover crashes was thought to be the inability to see directly behind you, but further investigation showed a high number of incidents happened because a person was coming into the vehicle’s path from a side. Backup cameraĪ rearview video system, also known as a backup camera, aims to help prevent backover crashes by showing objects that are directly behind your vehicle, and if an object may be coming into your vehicle’s path. Electronic stability control systems, required in all new cars since September 1, 2011, use automatic computer-controlled braking of wheels to assist you in maintaining control if you begin to lose control of your vehicle. For example, electronic stability control aims to reduce spin-outs and plow-outs. Losing control of your vehicle is never a good thing, but vehicle safety systems are in place to help you if you are in that situation. Now, many car manufacturers offer side air bags, or side curtain air bags, as standard or optional equipment. Frontal air bags were widely adopted by 1987 and have since saved more than 50,000 lives.
Air bag placement in vehicles has also changed to protect occupants better. Though early air bags saved lives, they had to be reengineered so the air bag itself did not injure or kill someone when it deployed, especially women and children. Air bagsĪir bags have come a long way since the first one was invented in the 1950s. The advanced three-point restraint system includes a pretensioner that pulls the seat belt tight and prevents excess slack during a crash - saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Today, the three-point seat belt, which restrains occupants across both their lap and shoulder, is standard in all vehicles. Depending on your age, you may remember when cars didn’t have seat belts, or when the belt just went over your lap. Most standard equipment in cars today wasn’t even an option decades ago.
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