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"Safest"
Vehicles rise from 13 -to- 34 (Top Posts - Social/Legal - 111507) - - - November 15, 2007 More safe vehicles to choose from than ever before Ford and Honda had most models on annual list of safest vehicles http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21793931/ - - - Excerpts: ... Thirty-four vehicles received the top safety pick designation for 2008, compared with 13 vehicles from the 2007 model year. The institute [Insurance Institute of Highway Safety] requires new cars and trucks to have electronic stability control, or ESC, to qualify for the award. Many auto companies are putting the anti-rollover technology into their fleets ahead of a government requirement for the sys- tems by the 2012 model year. "Vehicles should be designed to provide good occupant protection when crashes occur, but now with ESC we have the possibility of preventing many crashes altogether" ... studies ... have esti- mated that as many as 10,000 fatal crashes could be avoided annually if all vehicles had the tech- nology. ... Electronic stability control senses when a driver may lose control of the vehicle and automatically applies brakes to individual wheels to help keep it stable and avoid a rollover. The technology helps motorists avoid skidding across icy or slick roads or keep control of their car when swerving to avoid an unexpected object in the road. ... - - - end excerpts - - - |
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