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vehicles meet tougher criteria for 2014 iihs safety awards
Bookmarked 639 weeks ago twenty-two vehicles earn the insurance institute for highway safety039s highest safety award for 2014 top safety pick thanks to a high level of protection in crashes and the availability of front crash prevention technology to avoid many collisions in the first place an additional 17 earn top safety pick by meeting the crashworthiness criteria alone iihs is using new criteria for the awards this year top safety pick requires good performance in the institute039s moderate overlap front side roof strength and head restraint tests and for the first time good or acceptable performance in the small overlap front test introduced in 2012 the same level of performance in those tests along with at least a basic rating for front crash prevention is required for the higher accolade top safety pick |
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new ford f-150 crew cab pickup aces iihs evaluations
Bookmarked 555 weeks ago the aluminum-body 2015 ford f-150 crew cab swept the insurance institute for highway safetys full slate of crashworthiness evaluations to qualify for a 2015 top safety pick award the f-150 extended cab turned in a good performance in 4 of 5 assessments but stumbled in the small overlap front test the results are the first ratings for large pickups in a group the institute is evaluating this yearthe f-150 crew cab which ford calls the supercrew earns good ratings for occupant protection in all five iihs crashworthiness evaluations small overlap front moderate overlap front side roof strength and head restraint evaluations the extended cab or supercab earns good ratings in the moderate overlap front side roof strength and head restraint evaluations but just a marginal rating for occupant protection in a small overlap front crash |
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most minivans struggle with small overlap front crash test
Bookmarked 591 weeks ago a group of four minivans recently tested by the insurance institute for highway safety for protection in small overlap front crashes shows some of the worst possible outcomes for this type of crash with only one vehicle performing acceptablythe nissan quest the chrysler town amp country and its twin the dodge grand caravan all earn poor ratings the exception to the disappointing pattern is the 2015 toyota sienna which earns an acceptable rating it joins the honda odyssey which last year earned a good rating in the test in the ranks of top safety pick winners |
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1959 chevrolet bel air vs 2009 chevrolet malibu crash test
Bookmarked 767 weeks ago iihs 50th anniversary demonstration test september 9 2009in the 50 years since us insurers organized the insurance institute for highway safety car crashworthiness has improved demonstrating this was a crash test conducted between a 1959 chevrolet bel air and a 2009 chevrolet malibu in a real-world collision similar to this test occupants of the new model would fare much better than in the vintage chevyquotit was night and day the difference in occupant protectionquot says institute president adrian lund quotwhat this test shows is that automakers don039t build cars like they used to they build them betterquotthe crash test was conducted at an event to celebrate the contributions of auto insurers to highway safety progress over 50 years beginning with the institute039s 1959 founding insurers have maintained the resolve articulated in the 1950s to quotconduct sponsor and encourage programs designed to aid in the conservation and preservation of life and property from the hazards of highway accidentsquotmore information at http:wwwiihsorg50thdefaulthtml |
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roundabouts are safer so why does the us have so few of them - youtube
Bookmarked 124 weeks ago roundabouts - the circular intersections seen all over europe and elsewhere in the world - are said to be far safer than traffic lights research shows they |
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ingenuity in action 1958 nhra hot rod film
Bookmarked 760 weeks ago made for hot rod fans explains how to prepare and enter a car show also serves as an ethnographic account of the quotnomadic tribe of hotroddersquot |
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huge cost of mismatched bumpers - youtube
Bookmarked 265 weeks ago iihs news release bull december 2 2010huge cost of mismatched bumpers: when bumpers on cars and suvs don039t line up and many of them don039t low-speed collisio |