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Essential and Nice-to-have Safety Features for Newer Vehicles

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has consistently found that newer vehicles are much safer than their older counterparts thanks to technological innovations and new safety features. One big difference between news cars and cars made just 15 years ago would be airbags.

Airbags

Side-curtain airbags are now standard in the front and rear of even the most affordable new vehicles today. Side-curtain airbags used to be a luxury feature – unavailable in certain entry models – as little as a decade ago.

If you’re thinking about purchasing a new car, then you should definitely look for front and side airbags as well as side-curtain airbags so that you and your family stay protected on the highways and byways of America.

After all, safety experts have unanimously called airbags the most important passive-safety measure for new vehicles, second only to the seat belt itself. The truth is that even your insurance premiums might decrease with a combination of the right safety features.

Anti-lock Brakes

Hydroplaning drivers will often slam down on the brake pedal and keep it depressed. While that’s a natural response, it could also spell disaster if you don’t have anti-lock brakes in your new vehicle.

Anti-lock brakes are part of a computerized system that automatically pumps the brakes as the brake pedal is depressed. Though anti-lock braking systems are not mandated on a federal level, auto manufacturers began incorporating anti-lock braking systems and electronic stability control in new vehicles circa 2012.

Park Assist

Sometimes called self-parking, the park assist feature on newer vehicles can allow your vehicle to automatically parallel park. You only need to pull up alongside a vacant parking space and put the vehicle in to reverse. If your vehicle has park assist, then your vehicle will automatically parallel park from this position!

Adaptive Cruise Control

New car safety features are typically meant to increase safety by avoiding fender benders (e.g., park assist), minimizing damage (e.g., side-curtain airbags), or avoiding crashes altogether (e.g., anti-lock brakes).

Adaptive cruise control is definitely one of the latter features in that it will automatically adjust your speed to account for sluggish objects in the road ahead.

Lane Departure Warning

Usually, a combination of lasers and cameras will detect lane markings if you have this feature on your newer vehicle. The new car safety features on your vehicle might include a lane departure warning that goes off in one of two ways – an auditory alert or, less commonly, a slight vibration of the steering wheel.

A lane departure warning will be triggered when your vehicle’s laser sensors and cameras detect a lane change sans signal.

Forward Collision Warning

Forward collision warning works in a similar way to a lane departure warning in that both types of warnings are delivered via auditory beep or a slight vibration to the steering wheel.

A forward collision warning will sound if you’re potentially going too quickly to stop in time given the distance of the vehicle ahead – truly cutting-edge technology.             

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Essential and Nice-to-have Safety Features for Newer Vehicles

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