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NewsContinental Tyres today issued a warning to motorists that 4-5pm on a Friday afternoon is the most common time for car accidents to occur and in November – when it’s dark, cold and often wet at this time - the risk increases further. In 2005, there were 2,454 accidents on UK roads between 4-5pm on a Friday – that’s 35% more than occurred from 8-9am and nearly 50% more than occurred from 9-10am on Friday mornings. This risk is even greater now we’re into November - the most common month of the year for car crashes, with nearly 10% more accidents occurring than October. With temperatures averaging just 6 degrees Celsius this November and with the sun setting before 4.30pm, motorists are advised to take extra care. In total, there are nearly 6,500 more accidents involving cars on the UK’s roads in winter compared to summer.
Posted 2 years ago under:
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Mercedes BenzSafety experts at Mercedes-Benz are turning their attentions to one of the principal causes of serious traffic accidents: over-fatigue. The objective of their work is to develop a system that is capable of recognising fatigue in time to warn the driver. Over the course of this development project, the engineers from the Mercedes-Benz Technology Centre have already conducted tests with over 200 motorists, both in the driving simulator and on motorways. The revolutionary new system should be ready for series production in just a few years' time.
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AudiThe Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) named two Audi models as “Top Safety Pick” in their respective categories. The Audi A6 was the only car listed in the large car category, while the Audi A4 took honors in the midsize category. Audi is the only European, and only premium, auto manufacturer to have two models on the list.
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HondaThe all-new 2007 Honda CR-V, along with the 2007 Honda Pilot, were among seven SUVs to earn 2007 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) TOP SAFETY PICK Awards. The annual award, given to SUVs for the first time this year, recognizes vehicles that perform best in protecting passengers in front, side and rear crashes, based on their ratings in the Institute's tests.
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VolvoVolvo’s advanced safety innovation, BLIS (Blind Spot Information System), the first system of its kind to be introduced to help avoid the risks of accidents caused by blind spots, has won the Safety and Technology Award at The Autocar Awards 2006.
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SafetyAs the weather cools down in the Northern Hemisphere, auto experts warn that the number of blowouts due to low tire pressure levels increases. To help avoid these types of accidents, some auto manufacturers are installing wireless sensors in their tires. These systems have a dashboard light that signals when a vehicle's tires are under inflated. To further expand this safety feature, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has mandated that all new vehicles sold after Sept. 1, 2007 has tire pressure monitoring systems.
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SafetyThe brakes on a third of all cars could fail without notice, a new report warns. Tests carried out by independent service garages on behalf of car care company, Comma, found 1 in 2 motorists had defective braking systems, with 29 percent of them so poor they were unintentionally risking their lives every day. The firm checked the quality of the brake fluid - the liquid which allows the braking system to work - of nearly 700 vehicles, many of them family cars, across the UK.
Posted 2 years ago under:
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SUVs,
SubaruSubaru’s new B9 Tribeca – which enters dealer showrooms this month – has been awarded another top-scoring crash test rating. The Australasian New Car Assessment Programme (ANCAP) has given the premium SUV a maximum 5-stars in its rigorous independent accident assessment programme. ANCAP’s 5-star overall evaluation comprised frontal and side-impact crash tests and follows a similar top rating by America’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
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VolvoAs part of its ongoing commitment to reducing the number of road accidents and casualties, Volvo is setting up a joint Traffic Accident Research Centre in China which it hopes will help contribute to road safety in the world’s most populated country.
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SafetyCan cars be safe and beautiful at the same time? That may not have been the case a few decades ago when automakers were forced to hang those big, ugly so-called federal bumpers off the ends of their vehicles. With vehicle safety standards on the rise around the globe are designers today feeling a little '70s deja vu when it comes to meeting the challenges of making cars safe as well as more fuel efficient?
