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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

 

Shopping for a Safe Car in California

The most important way to reduce accident is to prevent it from occurring, and the important way is driving safe cars. All new cars must meet so standards of the federal roads safety, but it is also important to know that every car is not built in the same way. Several manufacturers provide safety features that exceed the federal limits, therefore, it is vital to look out for such features when shopping for a safe car. These safety features are always undergoing update and refinement, therefore, latest models are usually safer than the old models.
California auto insurance companies have less risks to bother about when consumers use safe cars. In the year 1999, the federal government mandated car makers to include the installation of passenger airbags for anterior protection in every car, light truck, and van. Some car makers also installed side airbags, which are installed for chest protection, and also for keeping your head from hitting intruding or interior structures.
The addition of lap/shoulder belts to airbags have shown to decrease accidental risk of injury by about 50%. If you are shopping for a car, go for the ones that will permit you in reaching the brakes and gas pedals with comfort, and also keeping you at a distance of about 12 inched from your steering wheels. Please, don't put a rear-facing car seat or a child less than 12 years old in an airbag equipped seat. A head rest are also mandated in front seats of cars in order to avoid neck injury during an auto accident. These head restraints vary in design, some are adjustable, while some fixed. Shop for cars in which the head restraint fit behind your head directly.

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