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7 BEING AWARE OF THE NEED FOR SAFETY FEATURES IN VEHICLES

Safety features in vehicles

Shatter-proof windscreen

Safety seat belt Head rest

Padded dashboard

Side bar in doors

Crumple zones

Anti-locking braking
system Air air bag
bumpers

Safety features Importance

Crumple zone (front and Increases the time interval of collision so the impulsive force produced
during an impact is thereby reduced. As the front and rear part of a
rear)
vehicles are designed to crumple slowly upon collision.
Rubber bumper Absorb impact in minor accidents, thus prevents damage to the car.

Shatter-proof windscreen Designed to break into small round pieces, prevents the windscreen from
shattering. Prevents the passengers being cut by pieces of broken glasses.
The side impact bars gives good protection from side collision. The strong
Side bar in doors metal bars help t0 protect the driver and passengers from direct hit on the
side
ABS allows the driver to steer the vehicle even when the brakes are
Anti-locking braking system applied. The system prevents wheels from locking automatically which can
cause the vehicle to skid.
Prevent our head from striking the streering and dashboard in a head on
Air bag collision. Air bag will act very fast and take less than 0.05 s to inflate. It
reduce the impulsive force acting on head.

Safety seat belt Prevents the passengers from being thrown out of the car. Slows down the
forward movement of the passengers when the car stops abruptly.

The dashboard is covered with soft material to increase the time interval
Padded dashboard of collision. This can reduce injuries on head of passenger because the
impulsive force produced during impact has been reduced

as a cushion for the head and body in an accident and thus prevents
Head rest injuries on neck when the head jerk backward due to inertia during rear-
end collision.