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=Vehicle safety=
 
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'''Vehicle safety''' is the study and practice of design, construction, equipment and regulation to minimize the occurrence and consequences of automobile accidents. Road traffic safety more broadly includes roadway design.
   
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==Description==
 
Most industrialized countries have comprehensive requirements and specifications for safety-related vehicle devices, systems, design, and construction. These may include<ref name="ftn17"> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_traffic_safety</ref>:
 
Most industrialized countries have comprehensive requirements and specifications for safety-related vehicle devices, systems, design, and construction. These may include<ref name="ftn17"> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_traffic_safety</ref>:
 
* Passenger restraints such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt seat belts - often in conjunction with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_legislation laws requiring their use] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbag airbags]
 
* Passenger restraints such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt seat belts - often in conjunction with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_legislation laws requiring their use] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbag airbags]
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* Sobriety detectors: These interlocks prevent the ignition key from working if the driver breathes into one and it detects significant quantities of alcohol. They have been used by some commercial transport companies, or suggested for use with persistent drunk-driving offenders on a voluntary basis
 
* Sobriety detectors: These interlocks prevent the ignition key from working if the driver breathes into one and it detects significant quantities of alcohol. They have been used by some commercial transport companies, or suggested for use with persistent drunk-driving offenders on a voluntary basis
   
[[File:Vehiclecrash.jpg|thumb|center|600px|Vehicle crash test at the General Motors Vehicle Safety and Crash Worthiness Laboratory]]
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[[File:Vehiclecrash.jpg|thumb|center|500px|Vehicle crash test at the General Motors Vehicle Safety and Crash Worthiness Laboratory]]
   
 
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Latest revision as of 00:36, 31 January 2013

Vehicle safety is the study and practice of design, construction, equipment and regulation to minimize the occurrence and consequences of automobile accidents. Road traffic safety more broadly includes roadway design.

Description

Most industrialized countries have comprehensive requirements and specifications for safety-related vehicle devices, systems, design, and construction. These may include[1]:

Vehicle crash test at the General Motors Vehicle Safety and Crash Worthiness Laboratory

Footnotes and references