No Whiplash Help From Most Cars
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(CBS/AP) More than half of car seats as currently constructed do not do a good job of preventing whiplash injuries, tests by the insurance industry show.
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Cure for [insert name of nation noted for poor motoring skills] drivers
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Automakers are failing to equip most car models sold in the United States with seats and head restraints that provide good protection against neck injuries in rear-end crashes, according to a new insurance industry study.
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The Nissan Versa got top marks in crash test results released Tuesday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, though bigger cars still offer greater safety than small cars the results showed.
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A new study by the insurance industry says that the stability systems available in some cars and trucks can greatly reduce the likelihood of an accident.
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By most physical measures, teenagers should be the world's best drivers. Their muscles are supple, their reflexes quick, their senses at a lifetime peak. Yet car crashes kill more of them than any other cause.
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Some people are whining that the newly adopted 35-mpg fuel-economy standard will kill the muscle car. Don't bet on it. Meeting an average doesn't mean every car has to be average.
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&quot;Most of the differences are in the set-ups and in the race cars. As a driver, we just push the limits of the car and try to find a balance the car works well with.
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NEW YORK -- It's enough to give small investors a case of whiplash.
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It&#39;s a frustrated commuter&#39;s fantasy: Literally lifting your car out of a clogged highway and soaring through the skies. Researchers say an affordable, easy-to-use vehicle that could allow
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A new study of automobile head restraints found that most do not do a good job of protecting passengers from whiplash in low-speed collisions.
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The BMW's new X5 SUV revs up its safety communication system. It should stabilize the vehicle more quickly, counteracting swerves to prevent rollovers, and help avoid collisions by jamming on the brakes. In Autopia.
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Vehicles with sensors that can, for example, automatically apply brakes are 41 percent less likely to get into single-vehicle crashes, which account for 60 percent of all fatal crashes, according to government statistics.
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GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN Yawn. That sums up the reaction here to news that the U.S. Congress, acting through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is recommending that all new cars and trucks sold in America be fitted with electronic stability-control systems.
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Heavy storms prevented the cars from running in free practice: the morningâs action was restricted to just 15 minutesâ running.
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Using a new dynamic test and a dummy designed especially for rear impact testing, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has rated 73 seat/head restraint combinations available in 63 car models sold in the US market.
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DIAGNOSING the problems faced by Europeâs car industry isnât rocket science - but listening to Europeâs auto bosses youâd think the causes of the malaise were unfathomable.