Why a 35 KM/H Crash Can Be More Dangerous than One at 50 KM/H
Slower doesn’t always mean safer. In some real-world crashes, 35 km/h can generate harsher forces than 50 km/h, depending on how and what you hit.
Slower doesn’t always mean safer. In some real-world crashes, 35 km/h can generate harsher forces than 50 km/h, depending on how and what you hit.
A lesser-known airbag innovation is quietly making its way into more vehicles, addressing a serious crash risk that’s often overlooked.
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Photo: Hyundai Parents with young children will appreciate the 2022 Hyundai Tucson’s latest achievement: straight A’s on the annual Cars.com Car Seat Fit Report Card. Perfect for Parents: These Hyundai technologies provide safety and peace of mind Two Cars.com editors who are also certified child safety seat installation technicians compiled this year’s report card. They…
Hyundai has been busy building its roster for the 2015 SEMA Show, the famed convention bringing automobile tuners from across the globe to Las Vegas. Already it’s announced a special Tucson from Bisimoto Engineering and a Genesis Coupe from ARK Performance. Blood Type Racing, Inc wanted in on that action and has something sinister up…
The 2016 Toyota Mirai The Toyota Mirai is an exceptional vehicle. Next month, a handful of lucky drivers in California will finally get their hands on their own Mirai fuel cell vehicles, and hopefully the rest of the country won’t be too far behind. In preparation for the Mirai’s release, Toyota brought three prototypes to…
As more and more cars have been sold, typically the “record levels of collisions” talk has revolved around vehicle-to-vehicle crashes or vehicle-to-object crashes. However, according to the Associated Press, we should probably be adding vehicle-to-pedestrian collisions to the grisly record books. According to the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), pedestrian deaths in car crashes have…
Photo: Honda An updated IIHS crash test of seven midsize sedans made all but the 2023 Honda Accord look quite poor. It was the only one of the bunch to get the top rating in all rear seat safety tests. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety updated its moderate overlap crash test last year in…
Haven’t you always worried this would cause an accident? Photo: Allan Foster It’s probably your biggest fear when you’re driving. Not wild deer running into the road, not rogue semis straying from their lane. The monster is inside…and it bids you “Achoo!” Whenever you feel a sneeze coming on as you’re driving down the highway,…
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Photo: Sporti In driving school, we all learned about the dangers of drinking and driving. For most of us, however, that education happened well before marijuana was legalized in select states, so the official message to not drive after using weed is fairly new. While there are pros to legal marijuana, one of the big…
Photo: Andrew & Alan Frost via CC Pre-season testing for the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship came to a close on Sunday, the third and final day of a shortened testing format. 21 drivers completed a total of 3,713 laps around the Bahrain International Circuit for 10 teams, clocking in almost 12,500 miles combined….
2017 Hyundai Elantra crash test video results Photo: IIHS via YouTube For the 2017 model year, the popular Hyundai Elantra underwent a drastic redesign, recently earning a International Design Excellence award. But a new exterior look for this compact sedan isn’t the only update it received; improvements have been made inside, too. The Insurance Institute…
Curse of the Escalade? Bruce Jenner just latest celeb to find trouble in luxe SUV https://t.co/mOJZlzlUMC (AP photo) pic.twitter.com/bEejJ1bb9W — USA TODAY (@USATODAY) February 9, 2015 This past Saturday, former Olympian Bruce Jenner was involved in a tragic multicar accident in Malibu that resulted in the death of a 69-year-old woman. In a somewhat unusual…