Driver Safety

     

Dash Cam

    Since the early 20th century, when the automobiles were invented there have been millions of road accidents claiming millions of lives and millions of dollars from vehicle collision damage. Many of these accidents require the vehicles to be trashed in the junkyard for parts. Some accidents are lucky enough to have a minimum collision damage to vehicles that may be repaired and placed for resale in car showrooms. However, the prices of these vehicles depreciate even before the relisting of the vehicles. The buyer may also end up paying  high insurance premiums and maintenance based on make, model, mileage, and conditions of these vehicles. Manufacturers may be the least to blame for unfortunate circumstances that lead to most major accidents. There is no safety feature or material in the world that will stop metal and glass from penetrating the bare human body. Even Kevlar vests are only effective to some extent against bullets or metal projectiles that hit at a high velocity. According to research from crash dummy tests, when a cadaver is tested with accelerometers for human brain strength, it can take a force of 400 G's or a tonne and a half for less than thousandths of a second before getting crushed. Most accident impacts last much longer this time period. Many accidents may occur from drunk driving, drowsy driving, distracted driving, bad weather, extreme road and traffic conditions etc. Hence, since the early 60's manufacturers have introduced all kinds of safety features to protect drivers from collision damage. In the earlier tests, cadavers, apes and other animals were used to study internal organ injury from impact and design safety features. These tests clearly showed that when a car hits an object, "the body goes flying", "brain crashes inside the skull" and "organs crash inside the rib cage" due to high velocity. As a result, whiplash studies were carried out to study head impacts, neck and chest impacts to design safety features from observation, conclusion, and analysis. Some of these safety features are as follows:

   First of all, one of the safety features that have been designed and modified are steering columns. Steering columns were designed to absorb crash damage "at a force level that would not break ribs". Then, windshields have been modified since the early automobiles. In the early days, the windshield was made from glass without any sort of impact protection which would lead the glass flying towards driver's seat like a high-velocity projectile in the event of an accident. Now, the windshields are made of "laminated safety glass" with plastic lamination between 2 sheets of curved glass for impact resistance. Next, the "tow point belt system" across lap were replaced by 3 point belt system solution. The lap shoulder belt was designed after observations from the whiplash studies. Furthermore, animal experiments confirmed that the rate of airbags deployment during impact also damaged the heart. Since then, airbags deployment standards have been improved. Also, side impacts were studied to have the most fatalities since the safety features are no good when the metal (6 inches apart) impacts a 3000 to 4000-pound force to upper torso within 20 milliseconds. It took about 10 years to develop a dummy for side impact studies which resulted in door padding as a safety feature. Overall, with advances in science and technology, new safety features are constantly designed and improved for a safe ride.

    In conclusion, though manufacturers have a long list of safety features in all vehicles, it is up to the vehicle consumers or the drivers to keep themselves and everyone else safe on the road. Most of all, with emergency roadside assistance to air support for extreme crashes, drivers have a long list of services to keep them on the road and keep traffic flowing in case of an unfortunate accident. Also, consumer products also play a key role in keeping the roads safe and drivers covered. More importantly, the right Insurance coverage may play a huge role in indemnifying drivers, passengers and pedestrians in the event of an accident. At the most basic, liability coverage gives every driver confidence to drive their vehicle on the road with the knowledge that they are covered for vehicle damage or injury caused by them or vice versa. Without this coverage, business as usual would be a lot different. Furthermore, accident benefits coverage provide drivers a sense of relief knowing that their medical emergencies will be taken care of in the event of an accident. Not to mention, coverages like collision, upset, Specified perils and all perils which cover their vehicle damage from impact with other vehicles and objects, from tipping over as well as other hazards like fire, lightning and hail. Even if an uninsured vehicle was to cause damage to their vehicles, drivers may be rest assured of their coverage via Uninsured Automobile coverage policy. However, Insurance coverages do increase insurance premiums to enforce safe driving, reduce claims and intentional accidents. This in turn, keeps Insurance coverage affordable for all drivers. From CAA memberships to rental vehicles as well from Bluetooth enabled GPS to applications that enforce safe driving, safe driving is enforced both directly and indirectly. Nevertheless, accidents are a common phenomenon. Therefore, safe driving is a universal language spoken on the road rather than in classrooms.

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