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Look how 20 years face apart with a high-speed two-car accident.
A car accident is a horrible thing to happen, but if you are unlucky enough to be in one, your chances of survival are better than ever.
Until the perfect self driven car on the scene, the reality is that accidents, crashes and pile-ups will continue to occur.
The ongoing challenge for automakers is to build a car that is not so low that it crumples like a concertina on impact, but is not so rigid that it obliterates any unsuspecting pedestrian happens to get out in front him.
A reassuring video released this week by the European Car Assessment Program a NCAP vehicle safety system supported by the EU shows how far car design has improved since 1997, when NCAP conducted its first crash test.
The video above shows two cars, built nearly 20 years apart, speeding in a solid block of concrete.
Discover how as he slams into the wall at about 100 in 1997 disintegrates Rover's unique airbag seems to fly in another part of the car while the engine is found in the tower of the dummy conductor It Sá horrible mess, and explains Therefore, the vehicle scored only one star out of a possible five for occupant safety and two in five for pedestrians when it was evaluated for safety in the 90s.
Now compare that to how a Honda Jazz 2015 Honda Fit in prices in the United States with her course, nor the impact is quite, but close inspection, it is easy to see improved protection deals newer engine, the progress it has achieved a five-star overall assessment.
security technologies that were nonexistent or optional at most such as driver and passenger airbags, side airbags for protection, belt reminders, and control electronic stability are now standard on all cars sold in Europe NCAP rating its website.
NCAP believes that since the launch of its crash tests it was 20 years ago, over 78,000 lives were saved thanks to better car design to date, the safety body has published more than 630 safety ratings, CRASH-tested about 1 800 cars, and spent more than € 160 million about 172 million to help make vehicles safer.
Before the arrival of NCAP, automakers who sell in Europe must meet the requirements of crash basic legislative test for new vehicles, but the results were never published, leaving consumers in the dark these days, car buyers can jump on the NCAP website to compare safety ratings for each upcoming new vehicle on the market, the system also serves to motivate manufacturers to build the safest machines possible.
In the U S a similar safety program is managed by the National Highway Traffic Administration Want to know the safety rating for your vehicle then go ahead and input the make and model here.
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