Car Smarts: Choosing The Safest Car
Often you select cars on mere aesthetics, mileage, and speed that it can attain. And then forget the most basic features that define preserving your life as driver and your passengers. Security and safety are the most important factors to consider when buying your car. Read on, tread carefully, and avoid being a part of the statistics because there are three things to consider when you buy that car, the first is security, second are harnesses plus the standard airbag, and the crumple zones of your new vehicle.
Vehicle theft is rampant, and you need to be alert at all times when you step in or step out of the vehicles. Women who drive without passengers are usually prone to such incidents that cars should have theft-proof features when the car is not moving. Keyless entry via remote should only open one door and that is the driver’s side. The disadvantage of automatically opening all doors would result in an opportunity to slide inside the car without being noticed. And then you are prone to losing not just your money but anything that can be taken within the car.
The second safety feature is the one you need the most when accidents happen. Seatbelts using three-point fasteners have become standard but some middle seats in certain cars use only two-point fasteners or lap belts. Lap belts are not as secure as three-point fasteners as it will not prevent your upper body from being thrown forward when a crash occurs. And supporting seatbelts to prevent injuries are airbags. Airbags are made of a thin nylon fabric which is folded into the steering wheel or dashboard and more recently, the seat or door. The inflation system has a sensor that tells the bag to inflate when collision happens. Look for a vehicle that not only offers protection using airbags in the front but has special airbags on the sides of the vehicle if collision happens from either left or right of your car. Side airbags can reduce injuries to the upper body up to the pelvic area or hips. Also, there are vehicles that offer curtain airbags to protect sides of your head and when your vehicle goes turtle top.
Last feature to consider when you purchase that car is the crumple zone. The purpose of a crumple zone is to increase amount of time it takes for the car to come to a complete stop in comparison to the object the vehicle hits. By increasing the time it takes for your car to come to a stop after you hit the object, the impact is spread over a longer period of time. Crumple zones yield during a crash, changing energy from the crash into heat and sound which in turn reduces the chances that the passengers in the vehicle will be hurt. If your car does not have a crumple zone, you will be thrown out of the car or you will suffocate from your airbag or it will be not sufficient to prevent you from being injured upon impact.
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