About 13 percent of [city] accidents involve people changing lanes and crashing into the car next to them. |
CPSC [also] recommends that kids under the age of 6 should never be allowed on a trampoline, period. We're also telling the industry they need to make sure that the shock absorbing pads are put on the springs all the way around the trampoline, |
Elderly drivers, despite the popular driver notion, are not the big risk. Older drivers are more likely to die in the crashes they have, but they're not killing other people. Teen drivers are. |
Fatal crash involvements for 16-year-olds fell 26 percent from 1993 to 2003 as states began to enact graduated licensing laws. But this has not solved the problem by any means. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers. The later they start driving, the better. |
Ford knows it has a problem with the Fusion and is working to go and fix it and we expect to retest it later this year. |
Graduated licensing has been the only thing that has worked. |
I don't think their use is widespread enough yet to study. |
In 2004 we went and observed student parking lots and half the cars were cars the institute does not recommend, |
It is important that parents enforce strict rules about driving: no nighttime driving, no driving around with friends in the car. These are the riskiest situations. |
It would clearly help if the driving age were raised. But it never has gained any traction in most places to simply raise the age. |
It's acceptable with its standard side airbags on the side test and also good in the head test, and that's a relatively inexpensive car. |
Most truck and SUV bumpers are purely decorative. |
Obviously, a Pontiac Firebird is generally going to be driven in a much different way than a Honda minivan, |
Obviously, a Pontiac Firebird is generally going to be driven in a much different way than a Honda minivan. |
Once again, these tests show the importance of side-impact bags. In a head-on crash you have the entire front end of the vehicle to crush and help protect you. In a side crash, there's very little there to absorb the impact, so you are much better protected with side air bags. |