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The Most Common Injuries from Airbags

Published February 20, 2013

Reducing the number of injuries and death in vehicle accidents makes sense for many parties in many countries. Automakers want to make their vehicles safer so that people will buy them, and also to stay out of the courts, where expensive lawsuits and horrible publicity await. Drivers want safer vehicles because they know that not everyone on the road is as careful as they, and they don’t want to end [...]

Where Airbags Fit Into the Vehicle Collision Spectrum

Published October 20, 2012

The mechanics of an airbag’s deployment might seem simple enough, but the instantaneous inflation of an airbag is just one small step in the many occurrences that transpire when a vehicle hits an object or another vehicle. Understanding where airbags fit into this timeline can help us to understand how injuries occur from airbag deployment and what changes need to be made to further enhance the airbag’s safety rating. To [...]

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Despite numerous public awareness campaigns, it does not appear that drivers on U.S. roads are making a greater effort to eschew portable devices and focus on what they are doing. A recent survey done by AT&T revealed that almost ½ of all adults admit to texting while driving, a shocking figure that could put a scare in us all if we thought about it long enough. Distracted driving is defined [...]

Tire blowouts are never fun. They make a loud, scary noise, they cause a sudden jolt to your steering, they create a safety hazard for everyone around and they cost you money spent for possible towing and a new tire. It’s no wonder that tire blowouts are one of the leading causes of car accidents, and they occur at a greater rate during the upcoming summer months. Tire treads wear [...]

There are so many great things about summer—longer days, beach vacations, music festivals and wearing shorts and flip-flops, to name a few–that it’s hard to think of a negative. But, when people take vacations and kids are off school, the roads fill up with more vehicles than during other months, and certain parts of the country see a huge increase in traffic as tourism booms. People generally just spend more [...]

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