Car Safety Equipment
Car Safety Features
Airbags
In the United States, passenger and driver-side dual airbags are now mandatory in all automobiles. Latest advances in airbag technology have introduced air bags that experiments show are effective in preventing the driver and passengers’ heads from being hit on rigid of the automobile in side impact collisions. There are three designs of these airbags, a tubular airbag that inflates from the roof, a curtain design that employs from the roof or an airbag deployed from the seat, inflating forward and up.
Automatic Locking Retractor
This feature is essential to parents installing child safety. ALR/ELR seatbelts are made to take up slack in the belt automatically and to lock in place when the child safety seat moves forward at a higher than normal rate of speed. These seatbelts must be as tight as possible when installing a child safety seat.
Crash Resistant Door Pillars
Manufacturers of this automobile have introduced this safety feature to turn the force of a side-impact collision away from the head area and toward the legs. This is made possible by keeping the top portion of the vehicle's side post more stiff and allowing the lower portion to move inward.
Night Vision / Heads Up Display
Manufacturers of this automobile have introduced this safety feature to turn the force of a side-impact collision away from the head area and toward the legs. This is made possible by keeping the top portion of the vehicle's side post more stiff and allowing the lower portion to move inward.