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Active Yaw Control is an automobile Active Safety feature. It applies the brakes to individual wheels and controls engine power to help correct oversteer and understeer. AYC helps drivers maintain control, especially during cornering and through twists and turns. ...more on Wikipedia about "Active yaw control"
Adaptive cruise control (also called automatic cruise control or active cruise control) is a type of cruise control that maintains the speed of an automobile unless the distance to the vehicle ahead has reached a threshold separation. The ACC systems available in 2005 typically provide approximately a maximum of 20% of total braking force. Therefore, panic braking remains the responsibility of the driver and the headway between vehicles is not much changed from when drivers do not use ACC. The gap may actually be greater because drivers become more passive and desire a larger margin for error. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adaptive cruise control"
Advanced Brake Warning Systems are a technology developed in Israel in 1989 which display additional signalling information, such as by actuating the brake lights when a driver suddenly and abruptly releases the accelerator pedal in preparation for a panic stop. ...more on Wikipedia about "Advanced Brake Warning"
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, or ADAS, are systems to help the driver in its driver process. When designed with a safe HMI it should increase car safety and more generally road safety. ...more on Wikipedia about "Advanced Driver Assistance Systems"
An airbag, also known as a Supplementary/Secondary Restraint System ( SRS), is a flexible membrane or envelope, inflatable to contain air or some other gas. Air bags are most commonly used for cushioning, in particular after very rapid inflation in the case of an automobile collision. It was marketed for automobiles first by Allen Breed in 1967, to Chrysler, after his invention of the ball-in-tube sensor for crash detection. ...more on Wikipedia about "Airbag" Please tell your friends about www.shortopedia.com shortopedia
An anti-lock braking system (commonly known as ABS, from the German name "Antiblockiersystem" given to it by its inventors at Bosch) is a system on motor vehicles which prevents the wheels from locking while braking. The purpose of this is twofold: to allow the driver to maintain steering control and to shorten braking distances (by allowing the driver to fully hit the brake without the fear for skidding or the loss of control; the system itself does not contain miracle wonder technology to improve the tire quality). ...more on Wikipedia about "Anti-lock braking system"
The Aurora was an American automobile manufactured by Father Alfred A. Juliano, a Catholic priest, from 1957 to 1958. This safety car was to be available with a Chrysler, Cadillac, or Lincoln engine, built on a Buick chassis. However, the Aurora Motor Company of Branford, Connecticut, partially funded by Juliano's congregation, went bankrupt after producing just one $30,000 prototype. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aurora (1957 automobile)"
Automatic Distance Control (ADC) - technologies that utilize radar, infared and image processiong to allow for a decentralized recording of the environment around the vehicle. Includes Adaptive cruise control (ACC). ...more on Wikipedia about "Automatic distance control"
Automatic seatbelts are seatbelts that automatically closes over riders in a car They were invented because even when seatbelts were available, people often forgot to use them. ...more on Wikipedia about "Automatic seatbelt"
Brake Assist (BA) is a technology developed jointly by Daimler-Benz and TRW/Lucas-Verity. Research conducted in 1992 at the Mercedes-Benz driving simulator in Berlin revealed that more than 90% percent of drivers fail to brake with enough force in emergency situations. Brake Assist detects circumstances in which emergency braking is required by measuring the speed with which the brake pedal is depressed. When panic braking is detected, the Brake Assist system automatically develops maximum brake boost in order to mitigate a drivers tendency to brake without enough force. In doing so, Brake Assist has been shown to reduce stopping distance by a signifcant margin; up to 20% in some studies. In December 1996 BAS premiered to the world on the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and SL-Class. In 1998 Mercedes-Benz became the first company to make Brake Assist standard equipment on all its models; other brands including Volvo and BMW soon followed suit. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brake assist"
A bumper is a part of a car designed to allow one vehicle to push another and to withstand the impact from collisions. Brush guards, push bars, etc. were added "after-market" to bumpers of automobiles, pickups, trucks, and utility vehicles since at least the 1920s to provide additional protection to the vehicle. And while bumpers were originally made of heavy steel in later years they have been constructed of rubber, plastic, or painted light metal leaving them susceptible to damage from even minimal contact. For the most part, these vehicles cannot push, or be pushed by, another vehicle. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bumper"
Car safety is the avoidance of car accidents or the minimization of harmful effects of accidents, in particular as pertaining to human life and health. Special safety features have been built into cars for years, some for the safety of car's occupants only, some for the safety of others. ...more on Wikipedia about "Car safety"
A Center High-Mounted Stop Lamp (usually seen abbreviated as CHMSL) is a third stop lamp, or brake light, mounted on the rear of a vehicle. It is usually placed above the rear window, or is affixed inside the window and projects through it. In some creative arrangements, the CHMSL is integrated into a spoiler. A CHMSL is usually thought of as a car safety feature. ...more on Wikipedia about "Center high-mounted stop lamp"
A child safety lock is a special-purpose device for locking cabinets, drawers, bottles, etc. to prevent children from getting at the dangerous contents. Young children are naturally curious about their surroundings and will always explore, but as they do not have knowledge of dangerous substances or situations, the results can be fatal. Numerous cases of poisoning have resulted from toddlers eating brightly-colored pills or spilling cleaning solvents. ...more on Wikipedia about "Child safety lock"
The crumple zones of an automobile are a structural feature designed to compress during an accident to absorb energy from an impact. Typically, crumple zones are located in the front part of the vehicle, in order to absorb the impact from a head-on collision, though they may also be found on other parts of the vehicle as well. The crumple zone concept was pioneered by Mercedes-Benz and first introduced on the 1953 180 "Ponton" sedan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crumple zone"
A deer horn, or deer whistle, is a sonic generator mounted on automobiles to help prevent collisions with deer. The device relies on deers' acute sense of hearing. Deer are highly unpredictable, skittish animals whose normal reaction to an unfamiliar sound is to stop, look and listen to determine if they are being threatened. Deer horns cause the deer to become aware of an approaching vehicle, and they will usually react by carefully watching the approaching vehicle. However, they will not necessarily run from the approaching sound, so caution is also required on the part of the driver. Some researchers question the effectiveness of deer horns ** . Specifically, researchers with the Georgia Game and Fish Department and University of Wisconsin pointed out four deficiencies: ...more on Wikipedia about "Deer horn"
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) is the generic term for systems designed to improve a vehicle's handling, particularly at the limits where the driver might lose control of the vehicle. ...more on Wikipedia about "Electronic Stability Control"
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A lane departure warning system is a mechanism designed to warn a car driver when his or her vehicle begins to move out of its lane (unless a turn signal is on in that direction) on freeways and arterial roads. A vibrating mechanism mounted in the car seat is triggered on the side corresponding to the direction of vehicle drift to alert the driver who may, for example, be feeling drowsy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lane departure warning system"
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Motorcycles have a far higher rate of crippling and fatal accidents per unit distance than automobiles. According to the US Highway Safety Authority, in 2002 20.9 cars out of 100,000 ended up in fatal crashes. The rate for motorcycles is 66.7 per 100,000. Given that motorcycles cover less distance than cars per year on average, the figure per unit distance is likely to be much worse. ...more on Wikipedia about "Motorcycle safety"
Almost two-thirds of the 1.2 million people killed in road traffic crashes worldwide are pedestrians . Despite the magnitude of the problem, most attempts at reducing pedestrian deaths have focused solely on education and traffic regulation. However, in recent years crash engineers have begun to use design principles that have proved successful in protecting car occupants to develop vehicle design concepts that reduce the likelihood of injuries to pedestrians in the event of a car-pedestrian crash. These involve redesigning the bumper, hood (bonnet), and the windshield to be energy absorbing (softer) without compromising the structural integrity of the car. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pedestrian Safety Through Vehicle Design"
Robotic cars are vehicles that will be able to drive themselves. Sensors will scan the road for obstacles to ensure a safe ride. The vehicles will have the capability to follow the speed limit, make turns, slow down appropriately, and find the quickest routes. The implementation of this technology will make the roads safer by eliminating human error. Currently, Delco Electronics is working on this project. ...more on Wikipedia about "Robotic cars"
A roll bar is a single bar behind the driver that provides moderate roll-over protection. ...more on Wikipedia about "Roll cage"
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