Automobiles Struggle To Meet New Top Safety Pick Benchmark
Recently, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety updated their ratings system to take into account how automobiles would fare when involved in a type of crash known as a small overlap crash test. This is the name given to when the corner of a vehicle becomes the initial contact point during a crash. In addition,… read more
Booster Seat Ratings Released By IIHS
Today, a new set of rankings for children’s booster seats has been released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. For parents thinking about moving their children into these seats from their current car seats, understanding and heeding these ratings is essential to ensuring safety. The ratings focus on both backless and highback models. Both… read more
Overlap Test Confounds Vehicles Vying For Safety Recommendations
The ramifications of the new small overlap crash test continue to be felt, with Consumer Reports announcing that they will no longer be able to recommend three automobiles that have long been standouts. The revelation is explored further in a new article from the Los Angeles Times. The vehicles in question are all from Toyota: … read more
IIHS Begins Rating Forward Crash Avoidance Technologies
Recently, we brought you word of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s introduction of a new test designed to determine how well a vehicle would fare in a front overlap crash (where the corner of an automobile is the leading contact point with another vehicle or object). But that’s not the only change that the… read more
Auto Marketing Increasingly Emphasizing Safety Features
A new report from Consumer Affairs examines the willingness among auto manufacturers to market their vehicles not by touting their sleekness or the top speed, but by referencing the myriad safety features now contained within. With consumers increasingly expecting such technologies to be available in any vehicle they purchase, it’s perhaps not surprising that automakers… read more
Top Safety Pick Rating Proves Elusive Since Overlap Test Introduction
A new report takes a look at those vehicles that were able to gain a Top Safety Pick ranking from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety since the agency introduced the frontal small overlap crash test. This test is designed to determine how an automobile would fare if it crashes into another object at its… read more
Look To Safety Ratings and Technology When Choosing A Vehicle
Choosing the right vehicle for yourself and your family is an arduous task. Many people will stick with a single automobile for upwards of a decade, and you thus have to be ready to pick the vehicle that can keep you as safe as possible during that entire time. To that end, persons looking for… read more
List Highlights Safest Cars, Ways To Pick The Right Fit
A list has come out from the Christian Science Monitor that outlines what the editors of the story believe to be the safest automobiles on the road. To compile the ratings, the persons behind the list took into consideration safety ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety…. read more
Blind Spot Detection System Gets The OK From Consumer Reports
Blind spot warning technology is far from widespread. Although many new automobiles carry such a system, older vehicles lack this potentially life-saving safety feature. Consumer Reports, having noticed an increase in third party devices designed to monitor blind spots and warn drivers when an obstacle is detected, has put one such system to the test. … read more
Tesla’s Model S Claims Questioned By Some
Earlier this week, we reported about Tesla’s proclamation that it received the best ratings ever for a vehicle put through testing by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Their Model S vehicle purportedly received a 5.4 rating, which actually goes beyond the five stars awarded by the NHTSA. Now, the NHTSA has responded that they… read more
Tesla’s Model S Reportedly Exceeds Five Star Safety Rating
When compiling safety ratings, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rewards the car being rated with up to five stars in a variety of categories. Five stars is supposed to be the highest rating that a car can receive, but according to a press release from Tesla, the Model S electric vehicle achieved a rating… read more
Look To Safety Ratings And Technology When Buying A Vehicle
If you’re in the market for a new vehicle, you’re likely going to want to make sure that it keeps you and your family as safe as possible. While looking at vehicle ratings is one thing, there are numerous metrics to take into consideration when determining whether a given automobile is going to be the… read more
