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Thursday, 19 April 2012
SCODA INTERNATIONAL SAFETY DAY : SAFETY FEATURES IN ACTION
Safety for both occupant and pedestrian has
become a very crucial aspect for automobile manufactures around the world and
none can deny that when it come to safety Scoda Auto is right up there with the
best of them. With over 100 specialist employed at the Company’s Technical
center at Mlada Boleslav working on various safety aspect of Scoda car including
a Traffic Safety Research team which monitors and evaluate road accident in
real world it is no surprise that Scoda’s car such as the Roomster , Superb and
Yeti have all score the highest possible 5 star rating in the euro NCAP crash
test.
The Scoda International Day was an event foe
media from across Europe and Asia to get up close with safety expert from Scoda
and even see some of the car safety feature and action and absorb a live crash
test between two of the company car’s.
Imagine the scenario : a vehicle is traveling
on a 2-lane highway at about 90km/h. the driver begins to doze off his vehicle
veers into incoming traffic. Another car in opposite lane pull as much to the
side of the road as possible and brakes to the halt. But a crash is in unavoidable
and the earlier car plows into the latter at the offset heat an angle. Not what
u might call totally uncommon scenario. The crash took place between a stationary
Scoda Superb Combi and a Scoda Yeti which was moving at 90km/h under its own
engine power.
Both the car has two adult sized crashed tests
dummies in the back as well. Following the crash, official form the local free
department did a quick inspection of the crash area, ensure that it was safe to
technician to approach after which specialist from Scoda Traffic Safety Research
team began to collect data for the various sensor attached to the car and the
crash test dummies. The team also made a 3D scan of the accident site which
would later be fed into crash simulation software.
While Scoda
engineer analyzed the data from the crash, the media representative were taking
through various workshop with expert from different field of automotive safety.
The workshop includes one which explained the various tools and methodology us
by member of the Traffic Research Safety team to collect data from real life
crash sides while another focused on both the Active and Passive safety
features which come build into Scoda’s car.
There was also a workshop which spoke about
Scoda Auto’s efforts to educate people about the aspect of road safety and demonstrated
Scoda playful a website design to inculcated road and traffic sense in
children. One of the most enjoyable activities though was the Test Drive workshop
where the journalist could drive a few Scoda cars around the test course and
put the car’s various electronic safety programmers to the test.
Friday, 6 April 2012
Monday, 2 April 2012
SCODA
Safety Feature for SCODA
The safety feature
information below is subject to change without notice. For up to date safety
feature specifications for all variants, please see the safety feature table to
the right or contact the manufacturer.
The tested model of
Skoda Superb was introduced in Australia during 2009. The New Zealand launch
was in 2008.
Dual front airbags,
driver knee airbag, side airbags and head-protecting side curtains are standard
equipment. Antilock brakes (ABS), electronic brake force distribution (EBD),
emergency brake assist, electronic stability control (ESC) and tire pressure
monitoring are also standard. Intelligent seat belt reminders are fitted to
both front seats. The front seat belt buckles are mounted on the seats and the
upper anchorages are adjustable. These features improve the fit of the seat
belt.
Pretensioners are
fitted to the front seat belts to reduce slack in the event of a crash. A three
point seat belt is fitted to the centre rear seat. This provides better
protection than a two point (lap) seat belt.
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| SCODA FABIA S2000 |
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Latest LAND ROVER with safety features
Anti-lock brakes
ABS brakes automatically sense when a tire has stopped rotating under extreme braking, and will modulate the brake pressure to allow the tire to rotate. This increases the vehicles ability to turn while braking.
Stability control
Stability control automatically senses when the vehicles handling
limits have been exceeded and reduces engine power and/or applies select
brakes to help prevent the driver from losing control of the vehicle.
Front-impact airbags
Front-impact airbags for the driver and passenger have been designed to protect the head during a frontal crash.
Side impact airbags
Side impact airbags for the front seats have been designed to protect the torso during a side impact collision.
Overhead airbags
Overhead airbags are used to protect the occupant's heads in the event of a side collision or rollover.
Knee airbags
Knee airbags help to protect the occupants lower extremities from serious injury in the event of an accident.
Pretensioners
Seatbelt pretensioners automatically tighten seatbelts to place
the occupant in the optimal seating position during a collision.
Anti-whiplash
Anti-whiplash head restraints actively react to rear collision
forces and craddle the occupants head in an effort to reduce the
likelihood of a whiplash injury.
Security system
The vehicle is equipped with a means of anticipating and/or
detecting unwanted vehicle intrusion. The vehicle is equipped with an
ignition disable device that will prevent the engine from starting if
the correct original manufacturer key is not used.
Safety features for Land Rover LR2
- Electronic Stability Control
- Adjustable Upper Belt - Front
- Side Airbag - Front
- 4-Wheel ABS
- Traction Control
- Pretensioner
- Head Airbag - Front
- Energy Management Feature
- Rear Seat Head Restraint
- Auto-Dimming Rearview Mirrors
- Rear Center Lap/Shoulder Belt
- Trunk Release
- Child Seat Lower Anchorage
- Advanced Air Bag Features
- Tire Pressure Monitor
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