Top Safety Devices for your Vehicle

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Now a day every new car is equipped with number of safety devices that prevent car’s drivers and occupant in case of accidents. These safety devices fall under two categories. One is active and second is passive driving safety.

Active Driving Safety

In this category, there are systems and devices that help to keep your vehicle under control and prevent accidents. These devices are normally automated so they can help to compensate unintentional human errors while driving. Following devices are available in this category.

1.    Anti-lock Braking System

Anti-lock brake system (ABS) is active safety equipment. It helps the driver to maintain control of the vehicle by preventing the wheels from locking whenever driver suddenly hit brakes. When the wheels lock, they cannot transmit the steering forces, which results in the loss of vehicle control. To avoid this possibility, the ABS control unit uses wheel speed sensors to monitor the speed of each wheel.

Whenever ABS control unit detects that a wheel is about to lock, a solenoid valve located in the central control element of the anti-lock braking system reduces the brake pressure applied to the wheels and prevent them from locking.

2.    Electronic Stability Control

Electronic stability control is designed to increase the stability of vehicle by monitoring its side-to-side motion. With the electronic stability control, drivers are able to manage critical situations in which the vehicle threatens to skid. It applies break at each wheel in case of over and under steering so that your car continues in right direction.

3.    Traction Control System

Traction control system electronically prevents the wheels from spinning during acceleration in order to obtain maximum traction particularly on wet, snowy or icy roads.

Some traction control systems also use anti-lock brakes to detect and limit wheel spin. When it is detected, traction control shortly applies the brakes to the slipping brake and sends power to your vehicle’s wheel for better grip.

Passive Driving Safety System

Passive Safety features are those that help to protect driver and passengers from injuries in case the accident happens. They are called passive because no action done by driver brings them into play. They do nothing until the crash happens. The main function under this category is to keep occupants protected within the car from several crash forces.

Safety features included in this category reduces the risk of serious injuries. It also allows the driver and other occupants to ride out a crash. Features included in this category are:

1.    Seat Belts

One of the most important safety features of the modern automobile is probably the seat belt, which is being designed more efficiently. They are the safety harness, which are designed to keep vehicle’s occupants on their seat and not throwing them forward in case of an accident.

2.    Airbags

Airbags sometimes called life-saving cushion is a safety device installed in the center of steering wheel for driver side and inside the dashboard for passenger side. Its purpose is to protect passengers from hitting the dashboard or steering wheel of the vehicle. Inflation of airbags happens very quickly and they can cause minor injuries to passengers who are unbelted.

3.    Telematics

Use of telematics system is increased from past few years in automobiles. It is a crash-resistant black box that works with the help of global positioning system (GPS) and cellular phone service improves the safety of both vehicle and its driver. Following are the features of telematics system:

Ø It keeps you safe from getting lost on road

Ø Call roadside assistance at the press of button

Ø In case you are in accident, it automatically dials 911

Ø It also starts your EV charging when rates are cheap.

Telematics system with the help of embedded cellular and GPS can also signal help if the airbag deploys in a vehicle.

Make sure you know what safety features are available in any car you are considering to purchase. Arm yourself with information available on the website of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.