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  AllRefer.com - automobile : Automotive Safety (Technology: Terms And Concepts) - Encyclopedia
The first innovation involves creating a heavy cage around the occupants of the automobile, while the front and rear of the car are constructed of lighter materials designed to absorb impact forces.
The third system is the air bag; within a few hundredths of a second after a special sensor detects a collision, an air bag in the steering wheel or dashboard inflates to prevent direct human impact with the wheel, dashboard, or windshield (newer vehicles sometimes include side air bags, to protect occupants from side collisions).
Other advances in vehicle safety include the keyless ignition, which makes it impossible for a driver to start a car while under the influence of alcohol (over half of all vehicle fatalities involve at least one driver who has used alcohol) and antilock braking systems, which prevent an automobile's wheels from locking during braking.
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 automobile -> Automotive Safety on Encyclopedia.com 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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 Automobile safety - teenage drivers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Male drivers between the ages of 15 and 24 years old have the highest rate of auto-related deaths.
In addition, automobile accidents are a leading cause of death in infants and children.
Cars have many important safety features -- seatbelts, shoulder straps, headrests, air-bags, padded dashes, safety glass, collapsible steering columns, anti-locking breaks, and a host of other less-recognized improvements.
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 ► Automobile safety - teenage drivers
Automobile companies have made great improvement in car safety with seatbelts, shoulder straps, headrests, air-bags, padded dashes, safety glass, collapsible steering columns, controlled crush characteristics, anti-locking breaks and a host of other less recognized improvements.
Highway improvements have similarly decreased accidents and deaths and efforts to remove intoxicated drivers from the roads should offer similar improvements.
Automobile insurance companies report that from a statistical standpoint, teenage driving deaths frequently occur:
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 Safe driving for teens
Driving and teenagers; Teens and safe driving; Automobile safety - teenage drivers
Learning to drive is a major rite of passage for teens (and their parents).
A collision is the most likely tragedy to kill or cripple a teenager.
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