All cars, trucks, and SUVs have front and side airbags to protect passengers upon collision. According to motorist statistics, frontal airbags reduced fatalities in drivers by 29 percent and passengers by 32 percent. Side airbags reduced the risk of death by 37 percent for cars and 52 percent for SUVs. …
Car accidents are dangerous, unpleasant, and scary. In short, no one wishes to get involved in a road collision, ever. Unfortunately, car accidents do happen quite often—who knows, it may happen to you, too! The Chances of Getting In a Car Accident Whether you’ve driven for a long time or…
Vehicles are equipped with safety features that ensure that drivers and passengers are traveling safely on the road. However, there are some cases where these safety elements fail and put passengers at risk for injuries or, worse, death. In the past decades since the birth of cars, two main features…
Keeping your passengers safe and protected is of the utmost importance when driving. One of the ways to check if your vehicle is safe is to report and address any issues as soon as you notice them. Common—yet often unnoticed—problems with cars are the seat belts and airbags! Unfortunately, when…
If your vehicle has an airbag system, it will more than likely have an SRS light. There will be an SRS symbol on your dashboard next to a symbol of a person seated with an airbag in the front. A lit-up SRS light means that there’s trouble somewhere with the…
One of the most vital safety features in any vehicle is the airbag. Or, well, airbags. It’s a mechanism that, when deployed, saves lives especially when accidents or car crashes occur. That said, when the airbag light turns on in the car, most people tend to ignore it completely or…
Wearing your seat belt is important whenever you enter a vehicle. Everyone has been conditioned at a young age to wear one—it’s all about safety, after all! However, a lot of people are still not convinced of the importance of seat belts. You may need a lot of information before…
As of 2018, car crashes were the leading cause of death for people ages 1-54 in the United States alone, amounting to over 38,000 fatalities in that year. For this reason, road safety must be the number one in mind when driving. While being a careful driver can save you…
Your seat belts play a vital role in keeping you safe inside your vehicle as a component of your car’s Supplementary Restraint System. However, unlike the airbag module, you regularly use your seat belt’s function. Even if you’re not activating the automatic mechanism of the seat belt pretensioner, your seat…
Every responsible driver knows what every single light on their dashboard means. As a driver yourself, you know which one signals a need for an oil change, to check the tire pressure, and to top up the gas, among others. But how much do you know about the SRS light?…
