Saturday, September 12, 2009

Safety Car History

Car accident almost as old in the car itself. Joseph Cugnot hit the car-steam power "Fardier" with the wall in 1770. Fatal car accident the first time recorded was Bridget Driscoll on August 17, 1896 in London, and Henry Bliss on 13 September 1899 in New York City.

Every year more than a million people were killed and about 50 million people were injured in traffic (according to WHO estimates). The main cause of the accident was the driver drunk or under the influence of drugs, no attention, too tired, dangers on the road (such as snow, holes, animal, and the driver was careless). Security facility has been built especially in the car for years.

Cars have two basic safety problems: They have a driver who often make mistakes and the loss of tire friction when braking close to half-of gravity. Automatic control has been proposed and made an example.

Initial research focused on improving the brakes and reduce the danger of fire fuel system. Systematic research on crash safety started in 1958 at Ford Motor Company. Since then, much research focuses on the energy absorption outside the panel that easily destroyed and reduce human movement on the passenger space.

There was a test car's security standards, such as EuroNCAP and USNCAP. There are also tests aided by the insurance industry.

Despite improvements in technology, the number of deaths from car accidents remains high, in the U.S. about 40,000 people die every year, the numbers still growing according to the increase in population and travel, with similar trends in Europe. The death rate is expected to be doubled worldwide in 2020. More numbers of injuries and deaths is disabled.

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