IS YOUR CAR SAFE?

Safety is one of those things you can't mess around with. Evaluate your car and make sure it's a safe one. Make sure your car complies with all safety features.

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ACTIVE SAFETY AND PASSIVE SAFETY

There are many ways to test car safety, but safety is segmented into active safety and passive safety. Find out what they are.

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ACTIVE SAFETY

Active safety seeks to minimize the likelihood of having an accident when driving on the road. This category includes all the components and possibilities that the car makes available to the driver to avoid an accident.

Active safety elements:

• Brakes

• Tires

• Suspension

• Visibility

• Glass cleaning brushes

• Good driving position

• All driving dynamics support systems (stability control, traction control)

• All braking support systems (ABS, Break Assist)

• Vehicle aerodynamics

• Ergonomics of the various controls

• Lighting

• Hands-free kit for cell phone

• Good window demisting system

Note: if you have all the above elements in good condition, then you are roadworthy and your car is safe. If not, you'll have to act quickly to comply with active safety.

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PASSIVE SAFETY

The big difference between active safety and passive safety is simple: active safety is everything that can be done to avoid an accident. Passive safety is when, unfortunately, the accident can no longer be avoided, but there are still things you can do to try to reduce the damage.

Passive safety elements:

• Front and side airbags

• Protective bars on the doors

• The body with a programmed deformation structure (which absorbs the energy of the impact while keeping the passenger compartment as untouched as possible)

• The seats have an anti-submarine effect, preventing the driver's feet and legs from penetrating the pedal area

• The retractable steering column

• Height-adjustable headrests

• Seat belt pretensioners

Note: In the event of an accident, just one of these items on the list could make the difference between life and death for the vehicle's occupants.

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Source: Ekonomista

Translated with DeepL.com